Amy Tan (Paperback, Annotated Ed)

This is the most comprehensive study to date of Amy Tan's work. It offers close readings of her texts in the context of broader debates about the representation of identity, history and reality. In contrast with Tan's own American-born narrators, and mainstream critics, Bella Adams's study looks beyond the stereotypes which appear in Tan's books, and explores the ways in which Chinese immigrants and their American relatives struggle to understand each others 'best qualities' via the Chinese tradition of the 'talk story'. She emphasises Tan's American narrators' process of becoming Chinese and discovering 'real China', and the significance of the ironic staging of these moments. Students will find this study both accessible and probing, and scholars will welcome its contribution to our understanding of a significant figure in contemporary literature. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Contemporary World Writers
Release date:	2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	Bella Adams
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
Edition:	Annotated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-6207-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	0-7190-6207-1
Barcode:	9780719062070

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