Where the past begins : a writer's memoir /: a writer's memoir. ([2017])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Where the past begins : a writer's memoir /: a writer's memoir. ([2017])
- Main Title:
- Where the past begins : a writer's memoir
- 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.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.332813
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- 01_276.xml