The Hundred Secret Senses

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Cultural exploration through mystical sisterly bonds.

This book threads the delicate fabric of identity across two contrasting worlds, America and the old-world charm of China, as seen through the lives of two sisters. It's a great read for those who appreciate nuanced characters and enjoy stories that bridge the everyday with the supernatural. Amy Tan's lush storytelling brings out the beauty of reconciling with one's heritage and the complexities of family love and obligation, making it a relatable and enchanting narrative.

  • Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (1996)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (1997)
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The Hundred Secret Senses

Regular price RM32.87 MYR
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ISBN: 9780804111096
Authors: Amy Tan
Publisher: Ivy Books
Date of Publication: 1996-10-30
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: Asian Literature, Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.0
(rated by 44572 readers)

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The Hundred Secret Senses is an exultant novel about China and America, love and loyalty, the identities we invent and the true selves we discover along the way. Olivia Laguni is half-Chinese, but typically American in her uneasiness with her patchwork family. And no one in Olivia's family is more embarrassing to her than her half-sister, Kwan Li. For Kwan speaks mangled English, is cheerfully deaf to Olivia's sarcasm, and sees the dead with her "yin eyes." Even as Olivia details the particulars of her decades-long grudge against her sister (who, among other things, is a source of infuriatingly good advice), Kwan Li is telling her own story, one that sweeps us into the splendor, squalor, and violence of Manchu China. And out of the friction between her narrators, Amy Tan creates a work that illuminates both the present and the past sweetly, sadly, hilariously, with searing and vivid prose.
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Cultural exploration through mystical sisterly bonds.

This book threads the delicate fabric of identity across two contrasting worlds, America and the old-world charm of China, as seen through the lives of two sisters. It's a great read for those who appreciate nuanced characters and enjoy stories that bridge the everyday with the supernatural. Amy Tan's lush storytelling brings out the beauty of reconciling with one's heritage and the complexities of family love and obligation, making it a relatable and enchanting narrative.

  • Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (1996)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (1997)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.