The Valley Of Amazement

ISBN: 1443410225

Author: Tan, Amy

Condition: New

Product DescriptionFrom the lavish parlours of Shanghai courtesans to the fog-shrouded mountains of a remote Chinese village-a sweeping, evocative epic of two womens intertwined fates and their search for identityViolet is one of the most celebrated courtesans in Shanghai, a beautiful and intelligent woman who has honed her ability to become any mans fantasy since her start as a Virgin Courtesan at the age of twelve. Half-Chinese and half-American, she moves effortlessly between the east and the west. But her talents belie her private struggle to understand who she really is and her search for a home in the world. Abandoned by her mother, Lucia, and uncertain of her fathers identity, Violets quest to truly love and be loved will set her on a path fraught with danger and complexity-and the loss of her own daughter. Lucia, a willful and wild American woman who was once herself the proprietress of Shanghais most exclusive courtesan house, nurses her own secret wounds, which she first sustained when, as a teenager, she fell in love with a Chinese painter and followed him from San Francisco to Shanghai. Her search for penance and redemption will bring her to a startling reunion with Flora, Violets daughter, and will undo all that Violet believed she knew about her mother.Spanning fifty years and two continents, The Valley of Amazement sweeps the reader along a deeply moving narrative of family secrets, the legacies of traumas, and the profound connections between mothers and daughters, returning readers to the compelling territory Tan so expertly mapped in The Joy Luck Club. With her characteristic wisdom,grace and humour, Tan conjures up a story of the inheritance of love, its mysteries and senses, its illusions and truths.About the AuthorAmy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life, Saving Fish from Drowning, and two children's books, The Moon Lady and The Chinese Siamese Cat, which was adapted into a PBS television series. Tan was also a coproducer and coscreenwriter of the film version of The Joy Luck Club. Her essays and stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, and her work has been translated into thirty-five languages. She lives with her husband in San Francisco and New York.

• Strong wood body and neck in addition to a clear semi mattefinish make for long-lasting durability | Genuine Aquila Nylgut strings handmade in Italy give clear, bright tones | Equipped with geared guitar style tuners to ensure your uke stays in tune | Includes black gig bag for easy storage and transport