by Amy Tan · Plaza & Janés · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401341595
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«La hija del curandero» is the contemporary novel by Amy Tan, published by Plaza & Janés in hardcover (430 pages, in Spanish).
The elderly Lilung recalls in writing her childhood and youth in China, amid legends and ghosts. Ruth, Lilung's daughter and a ghostwriter with existential problems, suspects her mother is ill and finds those writings. Lilung and Ruth reconcile their stories over a year and overcome pain through memory and love.
Translation by M.ª Eugenia Ciocchini; the original was published in 2001 as The Bonesetter's Daughter. Copy from the Areté collection.
For book clubs and readers of contemporary and historical fiction interested in family heritage and the bonds between mothers and daughters.
Amy Ruth Tan is an American author best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club (1989), which was adapted into a 1993 film. She is also known for other novels, short story collections, children's books, and a memoir.
