Amy Tan (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)
Other Literary Forms
She is best known for her novels, but Amy Tan’s work also includes short essays, short stories, and two children’s books—The Moon Lady (1992) and The Chinese Siamese Cat (1994). In addition, Tan wrote the screenplay for the 1993 film version of The Joy Luck Club.
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Amy Tan is one of the best-known and most popular Asian American writers and, like Maxine Hong Kingston, is considered a guide to the landscape of the Asian...
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