Издания и произведения

Четыре матери, четыре дочери, четыре семейные истории. В 1949 году четыре китаянки, недавно иммигрировавшие в Сан-Франциско, начали собираться, чтобы поесть димсамы, поиграть в маджонг и поговорить. Найдя друг в друге сообщниц по невыразимой утрате и неугасающей надежде, они стали называть себя "Клубом радости и удачи". Вместо того, чтобы предаться печали, они решили держаться вместе: «отчаяние для нас было равносильно желанию вернуть то, что уже навсегда потеряно, или продлить то, что и так уже невыносимо». Спустя сорок лет история продолжается. Эми Тан мудро и чутко описывает иногда болезненную, часто нежную и всегда глубокую связь между…

In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan s debut novel now widely regarded as a modern classic examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between these four women and their American-born daughters."

In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between these four women and their American-born daughters. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined.

This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.

"Клуб радости и удачи" - первый роман американской писательницы Эми Тан, родившейся в семье эмигрантов из Китая. Эта удивительная мистерия в стиле "дочки-матери" из шестнадцати новелл, вложенных в уста четырех матерей-китаянок и их четырех дочерей, которые родились и выросли в Америке.

In this novel four Chinese mothers, who left their native land behind but not their old customs, and their four American-born daughters tell their stories about living life caught between two cultures. The mothers meet up and form their own club to gossip, play mah-jong and exchange memories.

There are so many things that a mother wishes to teach her daughter. This is a story about four mothers born in China, and their daughters born in America. Through their eyes we see life in pre-revolutionary China and life in downtown San Francisco, and also women who struggle to find a cultural identity that can include a past and a future.

Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's "saying" the stories. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their spirits and money. "To despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable." Forty years later the stories and history continue. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often…