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TyGer STyLe
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Native Speaker...

haha... this book actually made it on my school's optional reading list... i was sooooo surprised... YAY FOR ASIAN WRITERS!!! puahaha... finally being recongnized...

oh yah... GO GET THE BOOK... its dang good... a lil info... written by Chang Rae Lee, based on a guy name Henry... park? i ferget... but hes a spy for hire, usually in buisness and political spying, he is hired to do a job on a political figure in new york name john kwang... there he delves into the heart break of his innerself and the corruption of the political force behind john kwang...

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Before we say "yay for asian writers" I have three words for you:
Joy Luck Club.
I rest my case.

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Before we say "yay for asian writers" I have three words for you:
Joy Luck Club.
I rest my case.

yes true, but its been long since another asian writer made it big, it makes me feel like i have a chance at writing something worthy of praise...

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well i've read both and they're both good but i liked Joy Luck Club better. Amy Tan just has this writing style tha's just so expressive, poetic, and easy to picture. Chang Rae Lee's writing is also poetic but sometimes confusing. BUt his power to express himself through character thoughts really makes ya think. "A Gesture Life" is also by Chang Rae Lee. I liked it better than "Native Speaker"

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I think Joy Luck Club isn't a bad book. Enjoyable? no. Important? yes.

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quote:
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Before we say "yay for asian writers" I have three words for you:
Joy Luck Club.
I rest my case.

i would disagree.

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quote:
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i would disagree.

I would not be surprised.

Edit: It is not my intention to say that Amy Tan is a terrible writer. While her writing style does not appeal to me, nor the subjects in her novels, she is not a terrible writer. Personally I did not like the one novel from her that I have read, and while some may consider that a small piece of her writing, it is one of her most highly lauded novels. If everyone else says it is amazing, and when I read it I do not enjoy it, I, perhaps mistakenedly, don't like Amy Tan and her writing.

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i saw the joy luck club movie, or something like that

that was messed up when the mother drowned the baby when she was in china

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i saw the joy luck club movie, or something like that

that was messed up when the mother drowned the baby when she was in china

its different in the book. the book's kinda gross cuz as opposed to drowning it in the movie, she aborts it herself. its pretty gruesome.

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