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Author | Amy Tan |
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Genre | Novel |
Publisher | G. P. Putnum's Sons |
Publication date | 17 October 1995 (1st edition) |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
Pages | 358 pp. (1st edition) |
ISBN | 0-399-14114-6 (1st edition) |
OCLC | 32894903 |
813/.54 20 | |
LC Class | PS3570.A48 H86 1995 |
The Hundred Secret Senses is a bestselling[1] 1995 novel by Chinese-American writer Amy Tan. It was published by Putnam,[2] and was shortlisted for the 1996 Orange Prize for Fiction.[3] While the story is fictional, it is based on the experiences of Tan and on stories told by her mother.[4]