Amy Tan's ""The Joy Luck Club (Bloom's Guides) (Modern Critical Interpretations S.)

Harold Bloom (Editor)

The Joy Luck Club explores the lives of the women in four Chinese-American families and the daughters who struggle to fulfill or reject the cultural and familial expectations placed on them. Residing in San Francisco's Chinatown, the characters reveal themselves through their stories to be incredibly strong women. This guide to ""The Joy Luck Club"" includes helpful critical excerpts for those studying the book, an annotated bibliography, an index for quick reference, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.

• ISBN13: 9781604135749
• Publish Date: 30 October 2009 (first published 1 April 2002)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Chelsea House Publishers
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 138
• Language: English

Reviews

[inlibrisveritas]

I had to read this in order to do a paper for a English class in college. As far as it being interesting, some of the points were but I also remember that some of the points where kind of 'stupid'. It was interesting see how another person interpreted her work though.