The Joy Luck Club

What device makes this possible?

One of the unusual features of this novel is its narrative technique. Tan uses 10 different narrators in 20 stories and vignettes spanning 2 continents and at least 73 years.

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Tan uses multiple points of view (omniscient, limited omniscient, first person) to tell the various narratives. Tan also plays with plot structure using flashbacks, episodic plot structure ,and layering her narrative with different characters and histories of those characters.

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