The Resource The Valley of Amazement, AMY TAN
The Valley of Amazement, AMY TAN
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The item The Valley of Amazement, AMY TAN represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in South Whitley Community Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The Valley of Amazement, AMY TAN represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in South Whitley Community Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION.
- Extent
- xiv, 589 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062107312
- Label
- The Valley of Amazement
- Title
- The Valley of Amazement
- Statement of responsibility
- AMY TAN
- Subject
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- Courtesans -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueFamily secrets
- trueProstitution
- trueMen/women relations
- trueShanghai, China
- trueFamily relationships
- Art -- Fiction
- trueSan Francisco, California
- Kidnapping -- Fiction
- Americans -- China -- Fiction
- trueCourtesans
- trueArt
- Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
- trueKidnapping
- trueChina
- trueFamily sagas
- trueCalifornia
- Historical fiction
- trueAmericans in China
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- Shanghai (China) -- Fiction
- trueMothers and daughters
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- 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
- Award
-
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2013
- New York Times Notable Book, 2013
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10221835
- Cataloging source
- BT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tan, Amy
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Americans
- Art
- Courtesans
- Family secrets
- Identity (Psychology)
- Kidnapping
- Mothers and daughters
- Shanghai (China)
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The Valley of Amazement, AMY TAN
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 20242003
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION.
- Extent
- xiv, 589 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062107312
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
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- BK0012765295
- 189078
- 93890
- Label
- The Valley of Amazement, AMY TAN
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 20242003
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION.
- Extent
- xiv, 589 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062107312
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- BK0012765295
- 189078
- 93890
Subject
- Americans -- China -- Fiction
- trueAmericans in China
- trueArt
- Art -- Fiction
- trueCalifornia
- trueChina
- trueCourtesans
- Courtesans -- Fiction
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFamily sagas
- trueFamily secrets
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
- trueKidnapping
- Kidnapping -- Fiction
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMothers and daughters
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- trueProstitution
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
- trueSan Francisco, California
- Shanghai (China) -- Fiction
- trueShanghai, China
Genre
Included in
- trueFamily Sagas
- trueFamily Ties
- trueImmigrant Experiences
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2013
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2013
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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