What is the author's style in Rules of the Game by Amy Tan?

Tan's accurate portrayal of Chinese Americans, including the stilted English that many Chinese-born Americans speak, was one of the reasons why The Joy Luck Club became such a popular and critical success. In "Rules of the Game," this stilted English is demonstrated through Waverly's mother. Waverly remembers one of her mother's stories, in which a girl runs out into the street and gets crushed by a car. "Was smash flat," says Waverly's mother.