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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. novels, short stories, essays, memoir, children’s books, libretto, film and television adaptations, and illustrated nature journals. More on Amy Tan. BREAKING NEWS. SIGNED BACKYARD BIRD CHRONICLES can be found at these stores listed in the link below. Bookstores with signed books. INSTANT NY TIMES #1 Bestseller.
Amy Tan was a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the International Orange Prize. She is the recipient of many honors, including the Commonwealth Gold Award, the Carl Sandburg Award.
1 day ago · Amy Tan If they weren’t anywhere in view, one needed only to consult the corvids — the scrub jays and crows — who were likely screaming at whichever tree the owls were in.
Apr 2, 2014 · Amy Tan is a Chinese American novelist who wrote the New York Times-bestselling novel 'The Joy Luck Club.'
Apr 22, 2024 · If you know author Amy Tan for The Joy Luck Club — a novel about Chinese immigrant families in San Francisco — her new book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles, might seem like a deviation.
Oct 21, 2021 · Review: ‘The Joy Luck Club,’ by Amy Tan In this 1989 novel, a young woman comes to understand her place in a Chinese family — and in the world — through visits with her aging aunts. Credit...
Jun 4, 2024 · Amy Tan (born February 19, 1952, Oakland, California, U.S.) is an American author of novels about Chinese American women and the immigrant experience. Tan grew up in California and in Switzerland and studied English and linguistics at San Jose State University (B.A., 1973; M.A., 1974) and the University of California, Berkeley.
Amy Tan (Chinese: 譚恩美; pinyin: Tán Ēnměi; born February 19, 1952) is an American writer whose novels include The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter’s Daughter, Saving Fish From Drowing, and The Valley of Amazement.
By bravely exploring experiences of immigrant families, heritage, memories, and poignant struggles, Amy Tan’s writing makes sense of the present through the past and adds ground-breaking narrative to the diverse sweep of American life and literature.
