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Violence
Some
The captivity situation creates some threat and tension; not graphic
Language
Barely any
Mild language in Tan's literary register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Minimal sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Some drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate psychological complexity; the novel's satirical mode and the narrator's deadness create a distinctive and occasionally unsettling perspective
What this book is about
Amy Tan's novel follows eleven San Francisco tourists on a trip to Burma, narrated by their tour guide Bibi Chen — who is dead, having been murdered before the trip. When the group is captured by a jungle tribe, they discover the tribe believes one of them is a sacred figure. Tan writes with her characteristic wit and social satire; the novel is more comic and satirical than her family dramas. Adult content appropriate to Tan's literary register.
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