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Amy Tan

USA  (1952 - )
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About Amy Tan
Amy Tan is the author of four critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling novels. Her first novel, The Joy Luck Club, was nominated for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a recipient of the Commonwealth Gold Award. The Joy Luck Club was also adapted into a feature film in 1994. Her subsequent novels are The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, and The Bonesetter's Daughter. She lives in San Francisco and New York.
 
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Amy Tan recommends
The Middle Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom (1991)
Andrea Barrett
"An exhilerating book... wonderful insights... Ms. Barrett has captured a truly authentic Beijing."
The Mistress of Spices
The Mistress of Spices (1997)
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
"A dazzling tale of misbegotten dreams and desires, woven with poetry and storyteller magic."
Protect and Defend
Protect and Defend (2000)
(Kerry Kilcannon, book 2)
Richard North Patterson
"An important novel on passion and politics... appeals to both the intellect and the heart. "
The Namesake
The Namesake (2003)
Jhumpa Lahiri
"The kind of writer who makes you want to grab the next person and say 'Read this!'"
Daughter's Keeper
Daughter's Keeper (2003)
Ayelet Waldman
"A powerhouse novel of complex emotions... so compelling that when I finished the book, I started over again."
War Trash
War Trash (2004)
Ha Jin
"I am enthralled by Ha Jin's work: he always presents moral conundrums within historical contexts; the frayed edges of humanity; the ways in which both the tenacious and hopeless survive. He is one of our most gifted and essential writers."
Love and War in California
Love and War in California (2007)
Oakley Hall
"This is a book for our times, a book that will surely stand out as an enduring masterpiece of American literature."



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