Paper Shadows

Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood is a memoir written by the Canadian writer Wayson Choy, first published in October 1999 by Viking Press. In the book, the author chronicles his experience growing up as an immigrant in Vancouver's Chinatown in the 1940s and 1950s.^[2] Paper Shadows received shortlist honours for the 2000 Vancouver City Book Award and won the 2000 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction.^[2]

Paper Shadows:
A Chinatown Childhood

First edition cover of Canadian release
Author	Wayson Choy
Subject	Immigrant generations memoir[1]
Publisher	Viking Penguin
Publication date	1 October 1999
Publication place	Canada
Media type	Print (hardcover and paperback)
Pages	352
ISBN	978-0-312-28415-2