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 important figure in
contemporary literature.
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