谭恩美,著名美籍华裔女作家,1952年出生于美国加州奥克兰。1987年,谭恩美根据外婆和母亲的经历,写成了小说《喜福会》(The Joy Luck Club),并于1989年出版该书,深得美国大众读者的欢迎,成为畅销书,并被搬上大银幕,红极一时。谭恩美继续以个人家庭为主题,于1991年推出了第二部小 Amy Tan, a famous Chinese American woman writer, was born in Oakland, California in 1952. In 1987, Amy Tan wrote the novel The Joy Luck Club on the basis of her grandmother and mother’s experience. She published the book in 1989 and was well received by readers of the United States. She became a best seller and was put on The big screen, smash hit. Amy Tan continued the theme of personal family, launched in 1991, the second small