THE JOY LUCK CLUB
by Tan, Amy
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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WOODSTOCK, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1987. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A Fine, Collectible book, SIGNED by the author. Ms. Tan's DEBUT novel. "Powerful as myth." -The Washington Post Book World. "Beautifully written...a jewel of a book." -The New York Times Book Review."Powerful...full of magic...you won't be doing anything of importance until you have finished this book." -Los Angeles Times. "Wonderful...a significant lesson in what storytelling has to do with memory and inheritance." -San Francisco Chronicle
Synopsis
The Joy Luck Club (1989) is a best-selling novel written by Amy Tan. It focuses on four Chinese American immigrant families who start a club known as "the Joy Luck Club," playing the Chinese game of Mahjong for money while feasting on a variety of foods. The book is structured somewhat like a mahjong game, with four parts divided into four sections to create sixteen chapters.
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- Bookseller
- BIAbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003758
- Title
- THE JOY LUCK CLUB
- Author
- Tan, Amy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- CONTEMPORARY FICTION WOMEN'S LITERATURE ASIAN CHINESE IMMIGRANTS AMERICAN GENERATIONS DEBUT NOVEL
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