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The Hundred Secret Senses

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The Hundred Secret Senses

by Amy Tan

Random House Publishing Group | October 30, 1996 | Mass Market Paperbound

"THE WISEST AND MOST CAPTIVATING NOVEL TAN HAS WRITTEN."--The Boston Sunday Globe
"TRULY MAGICAL . . . UNFORGETTABLE . . . The first-person narrator is Olivia Laguni, and her unrelenting nemesis from childhood on is her half-sister, Kwan Li. . . . It is Kwan''s haunting predictions, her implementation of the secret senses, and her linking of the present with the past that cause this novel to shimmer with meaning--and to leave it in the readers mind when the book has long been finished."
--The San Diego Tribune
"HER MOST POLISHED WORK . . . Tan is a wonderful storyteller, and the story''s many strands--Olivia''s childhood, her courtship and marriage, Kwan''s ghost stories and village tales--propel the work to its climactic but bittersweet end." --USA Today
"TAN HAS ONCE MORE PRODUCED A NOVEL WONDERFULLY LIKE A HOLOGRAM: turn it this way and find Chinese-Americans shopping and arguing in San Francisco; turn it that way and the Chinese of Changmian village in 1864 are fleeing into the hills to hide from the rampaging Manchus. . . . THE HUNDRED SECRET SENSES doesn''t simply return to a world but burrows more deeply into it, following new trails to fresh revelations.
--Newsweek

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    Rating: 5/5

    A treasure

    Ariel

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    4 years ago

    Whatever your religious view, the world beyond death is a constant source of fascination and curiosity for us mortals. I by chance picked up "The Hundred Secret Senses" from a friend's bookshelf and read of the World of Yin (a Chinese traditional view of the world of people that passed away), being told in a beautiful story with extremely lovable and memorable characters. I am especially fond of the character Kwan, the "Yin people seeing" sister of the narrator, she taught me love and loyalty, the simplicity of faith and hope. This book is a treasure.

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    Rating: 4/5

    Fascinating Characters

    Anonymous

    6 years ago

    I have to admit that I wasn't expecting much with this book, but 30 pages in and I felt like I knew the characters like my own family. Incredible writing and intriguing plot and characters. I highly recommend this book to everyone!

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    I first read this book about 4 years ago and could not put it down. I laughed, cried... it was great and I found the characters truly enchanting. I reread the book again earlier this year and have begun lending it to my friends. Highly recommended!

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    jacquie

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    11 years ago

    Amazing book! Made me laugh so hard my stomach started to hurt. I truly love this book and enjoied every minute. It was so exciting that I couldn't even put it down. This may be her best work yet. I'm crossing my fingers and despartly waiting for her next novel.

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Amy Tan's latest effort unfolds a series of family secrets that questions the connection between fate, beliefs, hopes, memory and imagination, and the natural gifts of our hundred secret senses. Years after her Chinese half-sister assails her with ghost stories set in the mysterious world of Yin, a young woman finds herself in China, looking for a way to reconcile the ghosts of her past with the dreams of her future. "The Hundred Secret Senses doesn't simply return to a world but burrows more deeply into it, following new trails to fresh revelations".--Newsweek

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"THE WISEST AND MOST CAPTIVATING NOVEL TAN HAS WRITTEN."--The Boston Sunday Globe
"TRULY MAGICAL . . . UNFORGETTABLE . . . The first-person narrator is Olivia Laguni, and her unrelenting nemesis from childhood on is her half-sister, Kwan Li. . . . It is Kwan''s haunting predictions, her implementation of the secret senses, and her linking of the present with the past that cause this novel to shimmer with meaning--and to leave it in the readers mind when the book has long been finished."
--The San Diego Tribune
"HER MOST POLISHED WORK . . . Tan is a wonderful storyteller, and the story''s many strands--Olivia''s childhood, her courtship and marriage, Kwan''s ghost stories and village tales--propel the work to its climactic but bittersweet end." --USA Today
"TAN HAS ONCE MORE PRODUCED A NOVEL WONDERFULLY LIKE A HOLOGRAM: turn it this way and find Chinese-Americans shopping and arguing in San Francisco; turn it that way and the Chinese of Changmian village in 1864 are fleeing into the hills to hide from the rampaging Manchus. . . . THE HUNDRED SECRET SENSES doesn''t simply return to a world but burrows more deeply into it, following new trails to fresh revelations.
--Newsweek

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"THE WISEST AND MOST CAPTIVATING NOVEL TAN HAS WRITTEN."--The Boston Sunday Globe
"TRULY MAGICAL . . . UNFORGETTABLE . . . The first-person narrator is Olivia Laguni, and her unrelenting nemesis from childhood on is her half-sister, Kwan Li. . . . It is Kwan''s haunting predictions, her implementation of the secret senses, and her linking of the present with the past that cause this novel to shimmer with meaning--and to leave it in the readers mind when the book has long been finished."
--The San Diego Tribune
"HER MOST POLISHED WORK . . . Tan is a wonderful storyteller, and the story''s many strands--Olivia''s childhood, her courtship and marriage, Kwan''s ghost stories and village tales--propel the work to its climactic but bittersweet end." --USA Today
"TAN HAS ONCE MORE PRODUCED A NOVEL WONDERFULLY LIKE A HOLOGRAM: turn it this way and find Chinese-Americans shopping and arguing in San Francisco; turn it that way and the Chinese of Changmian village in 1864 are fleeing into the hills to hide from the rampaging Manchus. . . . THE HUNDRED SECRET SENSES doesn''t simply return to a world but burrows more deeply into it, following new trails to fresh revelations.
--Newsweek

About the Author

Writer Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California. She received a master's degree in linguistics from San Jose State University. She worked as a free lance business writer, but eventually turned to fiction. Her first book was The Joy Luck Club. Tan's titles have been translated into more than 20 languages.

Mass Market Paperbound

416 Pages, 4.25 x 6.86 x 0.96 IN

October 30, 1996

Random House Publishing Group


080411109X
9780804111096

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