the Wisest And Most Captivating Novel Tan Has Written. -the Boston Globe
set In San Francisco And In A Remote Village Of Southwestern China, Amy Tan's the Hundred Secret Senses Is A Tale Of American Assumptions Shaken By Chinese Ghosts And Broadened With Hope. In 1962, Five-year-old Olivia Meets The Half-sister She Never Knew Existed, Eighteen-year-old Kwan From China, Who Sees Ghosts With Her Yin Eyes. Decades Later, Olivia Describes Her Complicated Relationship With Her Sister And Her Failing Marriage, As Kwan Reveals Her Story, Sweeping The Reader Into The Splendor And Violence Of Mid-nineteenth Century China. With Her Characteristic Wisdom, Grace, And Humor, Tan Conjures Up A Story Of The Inheritance Of Love, Its Secrets And Senses, Its Illusions And Truths.
newsweek
tan Has Once More Produced A Novel Somewhat Like A Hologram: Turn It This Way And Find Chinese-americans Shopping And Arguing In San Francisco; Turn It That Way And The Chinese Of Changmian Village In 1864 Are Fleeing Into The Hills To Hide From The Rampaging Manchus. . . .the Hundred Secret Senses Doesn't Simply Return To A World But Burrows More Deeply Into It, Following New Trails To Fresh Revelations.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Genre Fiction
- Psychological
- Genre Fiction
Publisher : Ivy Books
Author : Tan, Amy
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :1996-10-30
Number Of Pages : 416
Binding : Mass Market Paperback
ISBN-10 : 080411109X
ISBN-13 : 9780804111096
Item weight : 0.3 lb
Dimensions : 1.1 in x 4.1 in x 6.8 in
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