The Hundred Secret Senses

作者 Amy Tan著
出版社 Penguin
出版时间 2010年12月第1版
ISBN 9780143119081
定价 125.80

内容简介

"Thewisestandmostcaptivatingnoveltanhaswritten."-TheBostonGlobeSetinSanFranciscoandinaremotevillageofSouthwesternChina,AmyTan'sTheHundredSecretSensesisataleofAmericanassumptionsshakenbyChineseghostsandbroadenedwithhope.In1962,five-year-oldOliviameetsthehalf-sistersheneverknewexisted,eighteen-year-oldKwanfromChina,whoseesghostswithher"yineyes."Decadeslater,Oliviadescribeshercomplicatedrelationshipwithhersisterandherfailingmarriage,asKwanrevealsherstory,sweepingthereaderintothesplendorandviolenceofmid-nineteenthcenturyChina.Withhercharacteristicwisdom,grace,andhumor,Tanconjuresupastoryoftheinheritanceoflove,itssecretsandsenses,itsillusionsandtruths.

作者简介

AmyTanistheauthorofTheJoyLuckClub,TheKitchenGod’sWife,TheHundredSecretSenses,TheBonesetter'sDaughter,TheOppositeofFate,SavingFishfromDrowning,andtwochildren’sbooks,TheMoonLadyandTheChineseSiameseCat,whichhasbeenadaptedasSagwa,aPBSseriesforchildren.Tanwasalsotheco-producerandco-screenwriterofthefilmversionofTheJoyLuckClub,andheressaysandstorieshaveappearedinnumerousmagazinesandanthologies.Herworkhasbeentranslatedintomorethantwenty-fivelanguages.Tan,whohasamaster’sdegreeinlinguisticsfromSanJoseUniversity,hasworkedasalanguagespecialisttoprogramsservingchildrenwithdevelopmentaldisabilities.SheliveswithherhusbandinSanFranciscoandNewYork.

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