The kitchen god ' s wife , the second novel by amy tan , a chinese american author whose first novel the joy luck club created a sensation in the literary world in america , depicts exquisitely the conflict and understanding between mother and daughter through the use of different narrative viewpoints and the contrast between two different cultures , thus reflecting artistically one aspect of the life of chinese americans in contemporary america 摘要曾以其首部小说《喜幸俱乐部》而轰动美国文坛的华裔女作家谭?埃米的第二部作品《灶神的妻子》 ，采用不同的叙述角度和对比两种不同的文化，以极为细腻的笔触刻画了两代人母亲与女儿之间的冲突与理解，从而艺术地再现了当代美籍华人生活的一个侧面。
