The Hundred Secret Senses
1997 Nominated

The Hundred Secret Senses

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

The story of Kiva and Olivia, half-sisters living in contemporary America. The relationship of Olivia with her half-sister which continues beyond Kiva’s death- and with her husband, is at the core of the novel. It is a story of American pragmatism soothed and shaken by Chinese ghosts.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Amy
Tan

Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter’s Daughter, The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life, and two children’s books, The Moon Lady and Sagwa, which has now been adapted as a PBS production. Tan was also a co-producer and co-screenwriter of the film version of The Joy Luck Club, and her essays and stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Her work has been translated into thirty-five languages. She lives with her husband in San Francisco and New York.

Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter’s Daughter, The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life, and two children’s books, The Moon Lady and Sagwa, which has now been adapted as a PBS production. Tan was also a co-producer and co-screenwriter of the film version of The Joy Luck Club, and her essays and stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Her work has been translated into thirty-five languages. She lives with her husband in San Francisco and New York.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
United States
Author
Publisher
Putnam

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