华裔作家 Veronica Li 小说《1882：金山之旅》获 Literary Titan 图书奖 以华人移民 Sam Wong 的故事回望淘金热与排华法案
华裔作家 Veronica Li 的历史小说《1882：金山之旅》（1882: A Gold Mountain Odyssey）获得 Literary Titan 图书奖。11月14日发布的获奖消息说，该奖表彰这部小说的叙事、对19世纪在美华人移民经历的呈现，以及对身份、坚韧、歧视与归属等主题的探讨。
小说主人公 Sam Wong 是一名年轻的中国农民，在加州淘金热与第一条横贯大陆铁路修建的年代赴美谋求机会。随着反华情绪上升，他的经历最终与1882年的《排华法案》相交，该法案禁止中国劳工移民并强化了对华人移民入籍的排除。Literary Titan 称赞这部小说对移民生活的描绘细致、人物真实。
Veronica Li 出生于一个中国家庭，主要在香港长大，15岁时移民美国，曾任《亚洲华尔街日报》等媒体的记者。这部小说由她与丈夫 Sverrir Sigurdsson 合写。
Chinese-born author Veronica Li's novel '1882: A Gold Mountain Odyssey' wins Literary Titan Book Award, tracing a Chinese immigrant's story through the Gold Rush and the Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese-born author Veronica Li's historical fiction novel 1882: A Gold Mountain Odyssey has received the Literary Titan Book Award, according to an announcement on November 14, 2026. The award recognizes the novel's storytelling, its portrayal of the Chinese immigrant experience in 19th-century America, and its exploration of identity, resilience, discrimination and belonging.
The novel follows Sam Wong, a young Chinese farmer who journeys to America in pursuit of opportunity against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush and the construction of the first transcontinental railroad. As anti-Chinese sentiment intensifies, his story culminates in the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which barred Chinese laborers from immigrating and reinforced the exclusion of Chinese immigrants from citizenship. Literary Titan praised the novel's vivid depiction of immigrant life and its deeply human characters.
Veronica Li was born into a Chinese family, raised primarily in Hong Kong, and immigrated to the United States at age fifteen. A former journalist for The Asian Wall Street Journal and other outlets, she wrote the novel with her husband, Sverrir Sigurdsson.
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图片来源：图：19世纪中央太平洋铁路列车穿越 Sierra Nevada 山区的版画，华工是修建横贯大陆铁路的重要力量（资料图）。来源：Joseph Becker 素描，Wikimedia Commons，公共领域。 / Photo: A 19th-century engraving of a Central Pacific train in the Sierra Nevada; Chinese workers were central to building the transcontinental railroad (file photo). Source: Joseph Becker sketch, Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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