Trailer and Stills Released for Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

As an Asian-American growing up in the 80s and 90s, the most famous name in Asian-American chick/family lit was Amy Tan. I’ve read all her works up until the most recent novel. My appreciation for her early storytelling talent and her expansion of the genre outside of its niche will always remain, even if as a writer I find that she’s stuck in a quagmire of the same stories told in different ways.

Lisa See is widely considered the next generation phenom in this genre, and her 2005 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a bestselling novel that has just been made into a Hollywood movie, starringĀ Li Bing Bing, Jeon Ji Hyun, and Hugh Jackman. I need to find time to read the novel now, because I really like the trailer and am intrigued by the story. Continue reading