Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book (Vintage International) by Maxine Hong Kingston

Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book (Vintage International) by Maxine Hong Kingston

Author:Maxine Hong Kingston [Kingston, Maxine Hong]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2011-02-09T05:00:00+00:00


“ ‘Who laughs at yer jokes?’ ” said Wittman as Curly.

“ ‘People will say we’re in love.’ ” He had fallen in love with her himself. She’d kept her stage make-up on for the cast party. He had stood beside her at the community sing around the piano, and saw her powdery wrinkles. Off stage, she sang and smoked at once. “Don’t daa de dada daah? Line? Line?”

Taña sang her the line in the sweetest voice, “ ‘Don’t dance all night with me.’ ”

“Oh, Tan-ah can sing,” said the aunties. “Good, help out.”

Taña and Bessie sang together.

“Till the stars fade from above.

They’ll see it’s all right with me.”



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