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Amy Ruth Tan (born February 19, 1952) is an American author best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club (1989), which was adapted into a 1993 film. She is also known for other novels, short story collections, children's books, and a memoir.
Amy Tan was born in Oakland, California, to Chinese immigrant parents. She has described her childhood as difficult and found it hard to fit in, not feeling she conformed to either ethnic identity. Much of Tan's work draws on the lives of her family and her work is often considered to be to some extent autobiographical. [1]
Fish Cheeks" is a 1987 one-page narrative essay by Chinese-American author Amy Tan and her first published essay. [1] The work was first published in Seventeen and covers a Christmas Eve dinner when Tan was 14 years old. [2] [3] It was subsequently published as a part of The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings. [4]
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Ruth arranges to have the document translated, and learns the truth about her mother's life in China. Much of the novel, like Tan's previous work, is based on her relationship with her own mother, and her mother and grandmother's life stories. The first edition's cover photo is an image of Tan's grandmother Gu Jingmei, taken in about 1905. [1] [2]
The Joy Luck Club is a 1989 novel written by Amy Tan.It focuses on four Chinese immigrant families in San Francisco who start a mahjong club known as The Joy Luck Club. The book is structured similarly to a mahjong game, with four parts divided into four sections to create sixteen chapters.
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