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The Kitchen God's Wife is the second novel by Chinese-American author Amy Tan. First published in 1991, it deals extensively with Chinese-American female identity and draws on the story of her mother's life.
Jan 1, 1991 · The Kitchen God's Wife. Amy Tan. 4.03. 84,899 ratings2,756 reviews. Winnie and Helen have kept each other's worst secrets for more than fifty years. Now, because she believes she is dying, Helen wants to expose everything.
Oct 4, 2020 · This folktale provides Amy Tan with the basic narrative outline for her novel by introducing the trope of the abused wife. The Kitchen God’s Wife is a retelling of the Kitchen God’s story—from a contemporary feminist point of view. In the traditional version of the tale, the wife disappears from the narrative after her husband has been ...
A short summary of Amy Tan's The Kitchen God's Wife. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Kitchen God's Wife.
Sep 21, 2006 · The Kitchen God's Wife is "a beautiful book" (Los Angeles Times) from the bestselling author of novels like The Joy Luck Club and The Backyard Bird Chronicles, and the memoir, Where the Past Begins.
About The Kitchen God’s Wife. “Remarkable…mesmerizing…compelling…. An entire world unfolds in Tolstoyan tide of event and detail….Give yourself over to the world Ms. Tan creates for you.” —The New York Times Book Review Winnie and Helen have kept each other’s worst secrets for more than fifty years.
Sep 21, 2006 · The Kitchen God's Wife: A Novel. Amy Tan. Penguin, Sep 21, 2006 - Fiction - 416 pages. "Remarkable...mesmerizing...compelling.... An entire world unfolds in Tolstoyan tide of event and...
The concept of Kitchen God has a story to it and more than the God, it is his wife who hogs the limelight. Amy Tan tries to interweave this mythological story with a woman's story set during war, in this book.
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Amy Tan. Harper Perennial, 2004 - Fiction - 416 pages. A stunning reissue of the international bestseller, from the much-loved author of The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter's Daughter. Pearl...
" Tan is one of the prime storytellers writing fiction today." NEWSWEEKWinnie and Helen have kept each other's worst secrets for more than fifty years. Now, because she believes she is dying, Helen wants to expose everything. And Winnie angrily determines that she must be the one to tell her daughter, Pearl, about the past--including the terible truth even Helen does not know. And so begins Winnie's story of her life on a small island outside Shanghai in the 1920s, and other places in China ...
