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THE KITCHEN GOD'S WIFE

THE KITCHEN GOD'S WIFE

THE KITCHEN GOD'S WIFE

THE KITCHEN GOD'S WIFE

by Tan, Amy

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ISBN 10
0399135782
ISBN 13
9780399135781
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New York City, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 415 pages. The author's second novel. Now considered a late-modern classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. This is more desirable than the kitschy Franklin Mint Edition. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Amy Tan's "The Kitchen God's Wife". Featuring a dazzlingly beautiful design by Gretchen Shields (who did the wonderful illustrations for Amy Tan's "The Moon Lady", her children's-book adaptation of "The Joy Luck Club"). "Beautifully written, heart-rending, sometimes violent, with strong characterization, it will captivate one's interest to the very last page. This is more than a story about family relationships at a crossroads: It captures the essence of Chinese heritage and culture" (Midwest Book Review). Within a very short period of time, Amy Tan has become a living symbol of literary success and identity: Possibly the most visible (and most active) Asian-American writer/icon, she is justly celebrated for the abundance of her talent, a writer of effortlessly and lyrically limpid prose whose abiding subject is the "push" of identity and exile and the "pull" of tradition and family, from a singularly and sentimentally (in the best sense of the word) Chinese-American perspective. An absolute "must-have" title for Amy Tan collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Amy Tan. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER AMY TAN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0399135782.

Synopsis

"Riveting...the book rings with distinctive voices, and it's laden with those details that make readers feel that they've gained a toehold on another world." -USA TodayWinnie and Helen have kept each other's worst secrets for more than fifty years. Now, because she believes she is dying, Helen wants to expose everything. And Winnie angrily determines that she must be the one to tell her daughter, Pearl, about the past—including the terible truth even Helen does not know. And so begins Winnie's story of her life on a small island outside Shanghai in the 1920s, and other places in China during World War II, and traces the happy and desperate events tha led to Winnie's coming to America in 1949.

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On Mar 8 2007, Michael341 said:
it's beautiful, you won't regret spending your money in buying this book. you will learn many things about chinese culture.

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Bookseller
Modern Rare US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
8771
Title
THE KITCHEN GOD'S WIFE
Author
Tan, Amy
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
New As New
Jacket Condition
As New Dust Jacket.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition. First Printing.
ISBN 10
0399135782
ISBN 13
9780399135781
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Place of Publication
New York City, NY
Date Published
1991
Pages
415

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