Review of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011) by Joe Neumaier for New York Daily News — 14 Jul 2011
Unfortunately, its present-day tale, involving a career woman seeking to mend her 20-year bond with a girlfriend injured in an accident, is lax and clunky, and its story-within-a-story - a tale of two laotong, or soul sisters, in oppressive mid-1800s China - is gorgeous but simplistic.
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This review of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011) was written by Joe Neumaier and published by New York Daily News on 14 Jul 2011.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan has generally received mixed reviews.
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