Sketches of Filipino Life Under U.S. Occupation "The Laughter of My Father" by Carlos Bulosan, First Edition 1944 Asian American Literature, Carlos Bulosan Asian American, Japanese American, Chinese Americans,First Editions, Signed or Rare Books,World War

[Asian American][Filipino][Literature] Bulosan, Carlos. The Laughter of My Father. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944. First edition. Original binding, in original illustrated dust jacket with wraparound drawing of a Philippine village scene. The Laughter of My Father is Filipino American author Carlos Bulosan s second book and the work that solidified his reputation as a major voice in mid-20th-century Asian American writing. The book is comprised of a series of linked vignettes centered on a Bulosan's family in rural Luzon. Through these portraits, following his father s antics in court, political misadventures, and clashes with American colonial modernity, Bulosan articulates the ironies and contradictions of Filipino life under U.S. imperialism. Originally appearing in The New Yorker, these stories helped popularize a diasporic Filipino voice rooted in anti-colonial sentiment and working-class solidarity. Bulosan s humor is inseparable from historical violence Decena Trágica, landlessness, war making this a singular example of humor as political resistance. Dust jacket price-clipped with minor chipping at spine ends, some darkening to covers. Overall very good in very good jacket. A cornerstone of Asian American literature and a rare wartime first edition of Bulosan s most widely read and widely excerpted work.