The Hundred Secret Senses
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The Hundred Secret Senses is a novel by Amy Tan that intertwines Chinese folklore, family secrets, and the complex bond between two half-sisters across time and cultures.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Hundred Secret Senses canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Amy Tan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement |
Chinese myths and legends
ⓘ
ghost stories ⓘ past-life memories ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followedBy | The Bonesetter's Daughter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Kitchen God's Wife NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Chinese American literature
ⓘ
family saga ⓘ fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ magical realism ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Auntie Du
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bob NERFINISHED ⓘ Miss Banner NERFINISHED ⓘ Nunumu NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780399141140 ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Chinese Americans
NERFINISHED
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immigrant experience ⓘ intercultural marriage ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Kwan Li
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olivia Laguni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Olivia Laguni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of Chinese and American cultural intersections
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portrayal of complex sister relationships ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Amy Tan bibliography ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Kitchen God's Wife NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
China
NERFINISHED
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San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | interweaves present-day narrative with historical tales ⓘ |
| theme |
Chinese folklore
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cross-cultural relationships ⓘ cultural identity ⓘ family secrets ⓘ memory and the past ⓘ reincarnation ⓘ sisterhood ⓘ |
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