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An edition of The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings (2001)

The opposite of fate

memories of a writing life

by

  • 0 Ratings
  • 13 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

Autobiografisch relaas van de Chinees-Amerikaanse schrijfster (1952- ) over haar schrijverschap.

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Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
398

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Subjects
American Novelists, Family, Chinese Americans, Fiction, Fate and fatalism, Chinese American families, Authorship, Family relationships, Biography, Free will and determinism, Families, Large type books, New York Times reviewed, Authors, american, Women, biography, Tan, Amy, Tan, Amy - Prose & Criticism, Authors, biography, Fiction, authorship, Tan, amy, 1952-
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Amy Tan, Amy Tan (1952-)
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20th century

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Cover of: En Contra Del Destino
En Contra Del Destino
December 6, 2005, Random House Mondadori
Paperback in Spanish
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The Opposite of Fate
July 5, 2004, HarperPerennial
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The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings
September 1, 2004, Large Print Press
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The opposite of fate: memories of a writing life
2004, Penguin Books
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Cover of: De keerzijde van het lot
De keerzijde van het lot: een boek vol bespiegelingen
2003, Bakker
in Dutch
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The opposite of fate: a book of musings
2003, Putnam
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The opposite of fate: a book of musings
2003, Putnam
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The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings
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Table of Contents

Fate and faith: CliffsNotes version of my life
How we knew
Question of fate
Faith
Changing the past: Last week
My grandmother's choice
Thinly disguised memoir
Persona errata
Scent
American circumstances and Chinese character: Fish cheeks
dangerous advice
Midlife confidential
Arrival banquet
Joy luck and Hollywood
Strong winds, strong influences: What she meant
Confessions
Pretty beyond belief
Most hateful words
My love affair with Vladimir Nabokov
Luck, chance, and a charmed life: Inferior decorating
Room with a view, new kitchen, and ghosts
Retreat to reality
My hair, my face, my nails
Ghosts of my imagination
Choice of words: What the library means to me
Mother tongue
Language of discretion
Five writing tips
Required reading and other dangerous subjects
Angst and the second book
Best stories
Hope: What I would remember
To complain is American
Opposite of fate.

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Genre
Biography.

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398 p. :
Number of pages
398

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OL22859341M

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"Soon after my first book was published, I found myself often confronted with the subject of my mortality."

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