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Reading Amy Tan (Hardcover)
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Reading Amy Tan (Hardcover)
Series: The Pop Lit Book Club
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This essential discussion of Amy Tan's life and works is a
necessity for high school students and an enriching supplement for
book club members. A tour-de-force in Asian American writing, Amy
Tan has created works that are essential to high school and
undergraduate literature classes and are often book club
selections. Reading Amy Tan is a handy resource that offers both
groups plot summaries of five of Tan's novels, as well as character
and thematic analysis. The handbook also provides an overview of
Tan's life and discusses how she emerged onto the scene as a
novelist. Tan's typical themes, including Asian American issues and
mother-daughter relationships, are examined in relation to today's
current events and pop culture. Readers will also discover how and
where they can find Tan on the Internet, and how the media has
received her works. The "What Do I Read Next" chapter will help
readers find other authors and works that deal with similar
subjects. This handbook is an indispensable tool for both high
school and public libraries. Summarizes each of Tan's novels,
offering a plot summary and a discussion of themes, settings, and
characters Provides questions that can be used to generate
classroom and book club discussion Includes sidebars to highlight
interesting information about the author and her work Offers a
selected, general bibliography of print and electronic resources to
facilitate further study
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