The Hundred Secret Senses
by Tan, Amy
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/As New
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Albury, New South Wales, Australia
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Synopsis
"The wisest and most captivating novel tan has written." - The Boston Globe Set in San Francisco and in a remote village of Southwestern China, Amy Tan's The Hundred Secret Senses is a tale of American assumptions shaken by Chinese ghosts and broadened with hope. In 1962, five-year-old Olivia meets the half-sister she never knew existed, eighteen-year-old Kwan from China, who sees ghosts with her "yin eyes." Decades later, Olivia describes her complicated relationship with her sister and her failing marriage, as Kwan reveals her story, sweeping the reader into the splendor and violence of mid-nineteenth century China. With her characteristic wisdom, grace, and humor, Tan conjures up a story of the inheritance of love, its secrets and senses, its illusions and truths.
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- Bookseller
- EldoradoBooks (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001157
- Title
- The Hundred Secret Senses
- Author
- Tan, Amy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam\'s Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
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