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Abstract Abstract: Bone, the debut novel of Chinese American novelist Fae Myenne Ng, narrates a story of Chinese Americans’ pursuit of living space and identity recognition, manifesting their identity dilemma and their attempts of constructing household space. This article exhibits the spatial structure of Bone from three special narrative aspects: spatial metaphor, spatial anxiety and the Third Space construction. By analyzing the crises of Chinese Americans, their families and even the whole ethnic group through multi-dimensional spaces, it explores Fae Myenne Ng’s ethical appeals of reconstructing ethnic living space of Chinese people in America. The issues of cultural collision and ethnic integration shown in Bone provide enlightenment for the construction of a community of shared future for mankind.
Key words: Fae Myenne Ng; Bone; spatial narratives; spatial metaphor; spatial anxiety; the Third Space
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