The Kitchen God's Wife (Vintage Contemporaries) - Softcover

Tan, Amy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679748083 ISBN 13: 9780679748083

Publisher: Vintage Books, 1993

Synopsis

Winnie Louie, an aging Chinese woman convinced that she will die soon, decides to unburden herself by divulging the secrets of those closest to her to her suspicious, Americanized daughter. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. $10,000 ad/promo.

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Review:

"A beautiful book...what fascinates in The Kitchen God's Wife is not only the insistent storytelling but the details of Chinese life and tradition; not only how people lived but how their sensibility shines through, most notably in their speech. Amy Tan has a command with language in which event and concrete perception jump into palpable metaphor, and images from the daily world act like spiritual agents." Los Angeles Times

"Remarkable...mesmerizing...compelling.... An entire world unfolds in Tolstoyan tide of event and detail....Give yourself over to the world Ms. Tan creates for you." The New York Times Book Review

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"A beautiful book...what fascinates in The Kitchen God's Wife is not only the insistent storytelling but the details of Chinese life and tradition; not only how people lived but how their sensibility shines through, most notably in their speech. Amy Tan has a command with language in which event and concrete perception jump into palpable metaphor, and images from the daily world act like spiritual agents." --Los Angeles Times

"Remarkable...mesmerizing...compelling.... An entire world unfolds in Tolstoyan tide of event and detail....Give yourself over to the world Ms. Tan creates for you." --The New York Times Book Review

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About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0679748083
• ISBN 13: 9780679748083
• Binding: Paperback