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“Two Kinds” by American author Amy Tan was originally published in The Atlantic as a standalone short story in 1989 and then later that year included in Tan’s acclaimed novel The Joy Luck Club. The novel was nominated for the National Book Award, spent over forty weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, and has been translated into thirty-six languages
. Tan cowrote and coproduced the film adaptation of The Joy Luck Club for which she earned WGA and BAFTA nominations for best adapted screenplay.Read a full story summary, an in-depth character analysis of Jing-mei, and explanations of important quotes from "Two Kinds."
