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The Joy Luck Club

by Amy Tan
RM51.21 MYR
The Joy Luck Club - Thryft
The Joy Luck Club - Thryft

Multigenerational cultural bonds explored through storytelling.

This book offers a unique insight into the lives of Chinese-American women and their complex relationships with their mothers and daughters. It is perfect for readers looking for a heartwarming and emotional exploration of cultural identity and family ties. The book's most distinctive feature is its use of interconnected stories to explore the experiences of its characters.

  • California Book Award for Fiction (Gold) (1989)
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (1989)
  • Northern California Book Awards for Fiction (1989)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (1989)
  • National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (1989)
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.

The Joy Luck Club

by Amy Tan
RM51.21 MYR
ISBN: 9780521485623
Authors: Amy Tan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication: 1995-05-25
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Historical Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.97
(rated by 681022 readers)

Description

Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's "saying" the stories. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their spirits and money. "To despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable." Forty years later the stories and history continue. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. Mothers boast or despair over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes even as they feel the inextricable tightening of their matriarchal ties. Tan is an astute storyteller, enticing readers to immerse themselves into these lives of complexity and mystery.
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This book has been used, but it is still in a clean condition. There should be no foxing or annotations of any kind on the inner pages, but a sparse amount may be present on the cover, title pages, or outside edges of the book. There should be no water damage of any kind. For paperbacks, there may be light crease marks on the spine.

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Books in Well Read Condition

This is a well-read book, which means that the previous owner probably really enjoyed it! The cover and pages may include moderate foxing and annotations, but the text is not obscured and still readable. Moderate cosmetic defects and minor water damage may be present on the edges of the book. For paperbacks, there may be multiple crease marks on the spine.

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Multigenerational cultural bonds explored through storytelling.

This book offers a unique insight into the lives of Chinese-American women and their complex relationships with their mothers and daughters. It is perfect for readers looking for a heartwarming and emotional exploration of cultural identity and family ties. The book's most distinctive feature is its use of interconnected stories to explore the experiences of its characters.

  • California Book Award for Fiction (Gold) (1989)
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (1989)
  • Northern California Book Awards for Fiction (1989)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (1989)
  • National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (1989)
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.