The Valley of Amazement
- ISBN-10
- 0062107313
- ISBN-13
- 9780062107312
- Series
- The Valley Of Amazement
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 608
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-11-05
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Author
- Amy Tan
Description
Violet Minturn, a half-Chinese/half-American courtesan who deals in seduction and illusion in Shanghai, struggles to find her place in the world, while her mother, Lucia, tries to make sense of the choices she has made and the men who have shaped her. 750,000 first printing.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2014-01-24
- 42 pages
- Paperback
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Similar books
-
The Valley Of Amazement: A Novel
By Amy TanBut when the Ching dynasty is overturned, Violet is separated from her mother and forced to become a “virgin courtesan.” Spanning more than forty years and two continents, Amy Tan’s newest novel maps the lives of three generations of ...
-
Three Stages of Amazement: A Novel
By Carol EdgarianIn San Francisco during the first year of Barack Obama's presidency, Lena Rusch and her husband Charlie Pepper must deal with a stillborn child, an economic crash, a ruthless business rival and the attentions of an old lover.
-
Saving Fish from Drowning
By Amy TanThe yellowed tag described it as: "Circa 1890, from the bankrupt estate of Lord Phineas Andrews, human skull drum, produces a sound like no other." The shop owner believed it was a holy instrument brought to Burma by a visiting Tibetan ...
-
The Kitchen God's Wife: A Novel
By Amy TanThe Kitchen God's Wife is "a beautiful book" (Los Angeles Times) from the author of bestselling novels like The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement, and the memoir, Where the Past Begins.
-
Where the Past Begins: Memory and Imagination
By Amy TanIn Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan is at her most intimate in revealing the truths and inspirations that underlie her extraordinary fiction.
-
The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings
By Amy TanThe author reflects on her family's Chinese American legacy, her experiences as a writer, her survival of natural disasters, and her struggle to manage three family members afflicted with brain disease.
-
Dreams of Joy
By Lisa SeeHaunting, passionate and heartbreakingly real, this is the unforgettable new novel by the internationally acclaimed Lisa See.
-
Review: The Valley of Amazement
By Expert Book Reviews, Tan, AmyWARNING: This is not the actual book The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan. Do not buy this Review if you are looking for a full copy of this great book.
-
The Joy Luck Club: A Novel
By Amy TanOr to prolong what was already unbearable." Forty years later the stories and history continue. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters.
-
The Moon Lady
By Amy TanNai-nai tells her granddaughters the story of her outing, as a seven-year-old girl in China, to see the Moon Lady and be granted a secret wish.