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| Title | : | The Hundred Secret Senses |
| Author | : | Amy Tan |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 406 pages |
| Published | : | December 1st 1996 by Ivy Books (first published 1995) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. China. Asia |
Amy Tan
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 406 pages Rating: 3.99 | 39339 Users | 1642 Reviews
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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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| Original Title: | The Hundred Secret Senses |
| ISBN: | 080411109X (ISBN13: 9780804111096) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (1996), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (1997) |
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Ratings: 3.99 From 39339 Users | 1642 ReviewsColumn Epithetical Books The Hundred Secret Senses
The Hundred Secret Senses is one of those novels that is hard to describe, but infinitely readable. Olivia is half-Chinese, raised by her Midwestern mother after her Chinese father passes away. Her older half-sister, Kwan, came to live with them when Kwan was 18, brought to America as a way to honor her late father's wishes. Kwan claims to have yin eyes, or the ability to speak to the spirits who reside in the Yin World. The novel is told from both Olivia's and Kwan's perspectives, althoughThe Hundred Secret Senses is now one of my favorite Amy Tan novels, rivaled only by The Bonesetter's Daughter. Yes, I love The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife and Saving Fish From Drowning - I love any Tan story I come across - but The Hundred Secret Senses (along with TBD) really stand out. Olivia, the narrator, is the American-born daughter of a Chinese man and an American woman. When her father is on his deathbed, he reveals to his wife that he left behind a daughter in China, and asks
of course i remember reading it long time ago in my late twenties. Refreshing plot and interesting way of depicting cross culture of China and the new generation. The sister with Yin eyes is very convincingly written. Amy's style in all of her books i strongly believed has injected inspirations to many when writing about anything with Chinese in mind. Those dos and don;ts...worth reading!!!
It was a beautiful surprize for me this book. I think it's the first book of the author I've ever read. The thread following the story in the past with twists in the present, the karma (even though the word didn't come in the story), the way of how our souls could remember things from our past lives, the wonder of these ideas make from this one a very interesting reading. I recommend with all my heart this amaizing book.
Another wonderful Amy Tan novel. She does a great job weaving together characters from different generations or ages and their cultural experiences. I really liked in this one how she reaches back into time to the Taiping Rebellion to draw connections to her modern day characters.
When I bought this at a used book sale, there was a note inserted, "Her best book." That said, I'm still surprised to see the general rating for this book is higher than The Joy Luck Club and Bonesetter's Daughter, the 2 other Amy Tan books I have read. I didn't like this one quite as much, but still gave it a 4 for it's ability to keep me interested. The main character, Olivia, has an older half sister, Kwan, come live with the family after spending her formative years in China. It takes Olivia
This book is a huge favorite of mine. I've read it a couple of times and I don't re-read books very often! I just loved Kwan. Amy Tan's dialogue for her is so rich and real, I could hear Kwan's voice in my head!The whole past-life/reincarnation storyline was fascinating. When I started to put it all together it was a HOLY SHIT moment - then I couldn't put the book down. Just as good, in a different way, as Joy Luck Club.I would LOVE this to be a movie, but Amy Tan's book-to-movie record has been
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