Article: Amy Tan. The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings.(Book Review)

Amy Tan. The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings. New York. Putnam. 2003. 398 pages, ill. $24.95. ISBN 0-399-15074-9

AMY TAN is nothing less than a national treasure, and her work a testimonial to the rich heritage brought by immigrants into the United States. Tan gained instant notoriety early in her career, when the Hollywood film of her first novel, The Joy Luck Club (1989), won the hearts of people around the world. It was followed by The Kitchen God's Wife (1996), The Hundred Secret Senses (1998), and, finally, by the haunting, tragic, deeply moving Bonesetter's Daughter (2001). That most recent novel, like her first one, built a bridge connecting the ...

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