Where the past begins : a writer's memoir /: a writer's memoir. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Amy Tan.
• Authors: Tan, Amy
• 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.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 813/.54; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General; Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); Novelists, American; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers; Biography and True Stories / Biography: general / Biography: literary; Electronic books; Autobiographies; Biography; Autobiographies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062319302; 0062319302; 9780007585564
• Related ISBNs: 000758556X; 0062319299; 9780062319296
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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