The Hundred Secret Senses

The Hundred Secret Senses

Infobox Book |
name = The Hundred Secret Senses


image_caption = First edition cover.
author = Amy Tan
country = USA
genre = Novel
publisher = G. P. Putnum's Sons
pub_date = 17 October 1995 (1st edition)
media_type = Print (Hardcover, Paperback), Audiobook (Cassette, CD)
pages = 358 pp. (1st edition)
isbn = ISBN 0399141146 (1st edition)
oclc = 32894903

"The Hundred Secret Senses" is a 1995 novel by Amy Tan, focusing on the relationship between Chinese-born Kwan and her younger, Chinese American sister Olivia, who serves as the book's primary narrator. It was shortlisted for the 1996 Orange Prize for Fiction. [cite web
url=http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/show/feature/Orange-past-winners
title=Orange past winners
accessdate=2008-05-11
]

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External links

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE1D6163EF93AA15753C1A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Ghost Story] , book review by Claire Messud in "The New York Times"
* [http://www.salon.com/12nov1995/feature/tan.html "Salon" interview with Amy Tan at the time of publication]


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