The Valley of Amazement - Softcover

Tan, Amy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062223380 ISBN 13: 9780062223388

Verlag: HARPERLUXE, 2013

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"Here are strong women struggling to survive all that life has thrown at them, created by a writer skilled at evoking the roil of emotions and made exploits they experience when they follow their hearts."--New York Times Book Review

"[A] novel that grabs your soul."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Tan is a skilled storyteller. . . A satisfyingly complete, expertly paced yarn."--Kirkus Reviews

"The author of The Joy Luck Club and The Hundred Secret Senses can deliver a sweeping family saga like nobody else."--Newsday (Fall Preview)

"Amy Tan is one of our blackest-belted scriveners, and this is her masterwork."--Mary Karr, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Liars' Club, Cherry, and Lit

Fans of Tan's previous works (including The Joy Luck Club) will rejoice when they get their hands on this book.--Real Simple

"[THE VALLEY OF AMAZEMENT is] akin to her earlier work, yet more sophisticated, and a fine reminder that Amy Tan is herself a master of illusion, and one of the best storytellers around."--NPR

"It's been a long eight years since Amy Tan's last novel, but THE VALLEY OF AMAZEMENT proves that good things--breathtaking things--come to those who wait. [...] It's wonderful to be back in Amy's magical and amazing world."--Lisa See, author of international bestsellers Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, and Shanghai Girls

"Tan's beautiful, seamless prose presents fans with a true sense of time and place, catching them up in the heartbreaking tragedy of the plot... Tan's creativity is always a force, and in this epic tale her ability to captivate shines."--Romantic Times

"[Tan] is a gifted storyteller... This is one writer's particular idiom and vision of the world - and within that she offers us a rich cast of characters who both repel and compel."--Financial Times

Reseña del editor

Amy Tan’s The Valley of Amazement is a sweeping, evocative epic of two women’s intertwined fates and their search for identity, that moves from the lavish parlors of Shanghai courtesans to the fog-shrouded mountains of a remote Chinese village.

Spanning more than forty years and two continents, The Valley of Amazement resurrects pivotal episodes in history: from the collapse of China’s last imperial dynasty, to the rise of the Republic, the explosive growth of lucrative foreign trade and anti-foreign sentiment, to the inner workings of courtesan houses and the lives of the foreign “Shanghailanders” living in the International Settlement, both erased by World War II.

A deeply evocative narrative about the profound connections between mothers and daughters, The Valley of Amazement returns readers to the compelling territory of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club. With her characteristic insight and humor, she conjures a story of inherited trauma, desire and deception, and the power and stubbornness of love.

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• Verlag: HARPERLUXE
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062223380
• ISBN 13: 9780062223388
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 928