Where the past begins a writer's memoir
"From New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan, a memoir on her life as a writer, her childhood, and the symbiotic relationship between fiction and emotional memory"-- Provided by publisher.
| Main Author: | Tan, Amy (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Ecco,
[2017]
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue. The breaker of combs
- I: Imagination. A leaky imagination ; Music as muse ; Souvenir from a dream ; Hidden genius ; Reorientation: Homer, Alaska
- II: Memory in emotion. Genuine emotions ; The feeling of what it felt like when it happened ; A mere mortal at age twenty-five ; A mere mortal at age twenty-six ; How to change fate: step 1
- III: Retrieving the past. The unfurling of leaves ; The auntie of the woman who lost her mind ; Unstoppable ; Time and distance: age twenty-four ; Time and distance: age fifty ; Time and distance: age sixty
- IV: Unknown endings. The darkest moment of my life ; Nipping dog ; The father I did not know ; Reliable witness
- V: Reading and writing. I am the author of this novel ; How I learned to read ; Splayed poem: the road ; Eidolons ; Letters to the editor ; Letters in English ; Why write?
- VI: Language. Language: a love story ; Intestinal fortitude ; Principles of linguistics ; Companions in the house.