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The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan
For a book published in the 90s The Kitchen God’s Wife comes across as strangely outdated. And I guess in spite of Tan’s writing—which is far from mediocre or incompetent—I could not look past the fact that her story was the antithesis of female solidarity. At first I was taken by Tan’s storytelling. The first…
1930S, 1940s, 1990s, 1st pov, 2 STARS, 20th century, ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS, Adult, America, Amy Tan, China, chinese american author, class, drama, HISTORICAL FICTION, horrible friends, MARRIAGE, MELODRAMA, MEMORY, mothers & daughters, published in 1991, read in 2020, sexual assault/abuse/rape, Sino-Japanese War, story within a story, The Kitchen God's Wife, war -
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
“I had always understood, of course, that the task of rooting out evil in its most devious forms, often just when it is about to go unchecked, is a crucial and solemn undertaking.” As much as it pains me to admit this…I didn’t particularly care for this novel. While it is written in Kazuo Ishiguro’s…
1920s, 1930S, 1st pov, 20th century, 3 STARS, Adult, British author, CHILDHOOD, China, england, existentialism, friendships, growing up, HISTORICAL FICTION, introspective, Kazuo Ishiguro, LITERARY FICTION, LONDON, male authors, male friendships, MEMORY, missing persons, MYSTERY, orphans, psychological, published in 2000, read in 2020, Shanghai, Sino-Japanese War, war, when we were orphans
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