Amy Tan

Citations

• “My father has asked me to be the fourth corner at the Joy Luck Club. I am to replace my mother, whose seat at the mah jong table has been empty since she died two months ago. My father thinks she was killed by her own thoughts.”

• “I remember wondering why it was that eating something good could make me feel so terrible, while vomiting something terrible could make me feel so good.”

• “For woman is yin, the darkness within, where untempered passions lie. And man is yang, bright truth lighting our minds.”

• “Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines.”

Les livres de Amy Tan dans l'ordre

Les livres de Amy Tan dans l'ordre de parution, de The Joy Luck Club (1989) à Backyard Bird Chronicles (2024).

1. 1The Joy Luck ClubThe Joy Luck Club1989
2. 2La femme du Dieu du feuLa femme du Dieu du feu1991
3. 3Die MondfrauDie Mondfrau1992
4. 4The Chinese Siamese CatThe Chinese Siamese Cat1994
5. 5De Honderd Geheime ZintuigenDe Honderd Geheime Zintuigen1995
6. 6Selected from the Joy Luck ClubSelected from the Joy Luck Club1999
7. 7De Keerzijde Van Het LotDe Keerzijde Van Het Lot2001
8. 8Les Fantômes de LulingLes Fantômes de Luling2001
9. 9I Might Get SomewhereI Might Get Somewhere2005
10. 10Saving Fish From DrowningSaving Fish From Drowning2005
11. 11Un Lugar Llamado NadaUn Lugar Llamado Nada2005
12. 12Rules for VirginsRules for Virgins2011
13. 13The Valley of AmazementThe Valley of Amazement2013
14. 14Das KurtisanenhausDas Kurtisanenhaus2015
15. 15Where the Past Begins: A Writer's MemoirWhere the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir2017
16. 16Craft a Life You LoveCraft a Life You Love2018
17. 17Memory of DesireMemory of Desire2023
18. 18Backyard Bird ChroniclesBackyard Bird Chronicles2024
19. 19The Best American Short Stories, 1999The Best American Short Stories, 1999
20. 20The Best American Short Stories, 1999 : Selected from U.S. AThe Best American Short Stories, 1999 : Selected from U.S. And Canadian Magazines