The Hundred Secret Senses (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
At a glance:
- Author: Amy Tan
- First Published: 1995
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Traveling or travelers, Love or romance, Immigration or emigration, Sisters, Women, Asian Americans, China or Chinese people
- Locales: San Francisco, CA, China
The Work
The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan’s third novel, continues her interest in Chinese and Chinese American culture, especially the strife between family members who are traditionally Chinese and those who are more Americanized. Half-Caucasian, half-Chinese Olivia meets, at age six, her eighteen-year-old Chinese half sister, Kwan, the daughter of her father’s first marriage. Kwan instigates Olivia’s struggle with her Chinese identity. Olivia is alternately embarrassed, annoyed, and mystified by this sister who claims that she has daily communication with...
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