评论界对美籍华裔作家汤亭亭的小说多从女性主义、身份和文化认同、反战等视角出发。然而通读其三部小说及访谈录就不难发现,汤氏对女性生命的主体构建、男性移民的集体身份重塑以及对人类和而不同的精神家园的想象无不指向共同体社群的构建,也就是说贯穿汤氏小说的深层叙事是对共同体的渴望。
Fictions of M axine Hong Kingston have alw ays been discussed from various perspectives,such as feminism,identity,cultural identity,anti-w ar,and etc. How ever,through her three fictions and interview s w ith her,it is easy to find that Kingston's subject construction of female,collective identity reshaping of male immigrants and imagination upon human spiritual home finally lead to the construction of inclusive community. That is the rooted narration through Kingston's w orks is her longing for the building of community.