《沉没之鱼》是一部代表当代美国华裔女作家谭恩美新的创作高度的小说。在书中,作者突破了一贯擅长的单一母女主题和族裔写作的风格,在主题中融入母女亲情、苦难与救赎、两性情感及东西方文化因误解而导致冲突等当今现实生活中普遍存在的多元化社会问题,在人类文明相互交融的今天,无疑具有普遍而重要的现实意义。 “The Sunken Fish” is a novel that represents the new height of contemporary American Chinese writer Amy Tan. In the book, the author breaks through the style of single mothers and ethnic writers who are always good at it. It is common in today’s real life to incorporate mother and daughter’s affection, misery and redemption into the theme, and to cause conflict due to misunderstanding between eastern and western cultures The existing pluralistic social issues undoubtedly have universal and important practical significance in the mutual integration of human civilization.