The Kitchen God's Wife
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1991. Limited First Edition. Full Leather. Fine / No Jacket as Issued. Item #5337
A handsome red leather Limited First Edition signed by Award-winning author, Amy Tan. In fine unread condition, a perfect collectible. With gold-gilt cover designs and page edges, and a bound-in silk bookmark. A beautifully bound book with traditional golden cranes embossed throughout the cover design, complete with all Easton Press publishing points ensuring decades of resistance to wear.
Amy Tan’s fascinating and ambitious novel telling the story of Winnie Louie, a Chinese-American woman who reflects on the hardships faced especially by immigrant women, due to class, gender, and culture, and how she navigates her identity into modern freedoms.
In Volume 10 of the “IJNMS,” published in 2023, assistant professor in English Joan Leela Madtha writes, “Tan revisits the Chinese myth of the Kitchen God, transforming the traditionally passive figure of his wife into a dynamic, modern woman who embodies the complexities of cultural and gender struggles…In Chinese mythology, the Kitchen God’s wife is often relegated to the background role…however, in Tan’s novel, she emerges as a character who defies the passive archetype and, instead, reclaims her autonomy…redefining he role of women in the Diaspora and examining the intersection of myth, identity and culture. Through this deconstruction, Tan challenges established notions of femininity and cultural assimilation, positioning the Chinese-American women as an agent of change.”
By the author of "The Joy Luck Club" for which she was named a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book critics Circle Award; and "The Hundred Secret Senses" which immediately became another bestseller for Amy Tan.
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