The Resource Where the past begins : a writer's memoir, Amy Tan
Where the past begins : a writer's memoir, Amy Tan
Resource Information
The item Where the past begins : a writer's memoir, Amy Tan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover).This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Where the past begins : a writer's memoir, Amy Tan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover).
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 357 pages
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780062319296
- Label
- Where the past begins : a writer's memoir
- Title
- Where the past begins
- Title remainder
- a writer's memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Amy Tan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tan, Amy
- Dewey number
-
- 813/.54
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3570.A48
- LC item number
- Z46 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Tan, Amy
- Novelists, American
- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing
- Label
- Where the past begins : a writer's memoir, Amy Tan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- on1002397362
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 357 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062319296
- Lccn
- 2017036982
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1002397362
- Label
- Where the past begins : a writer's memoir, Amy Tan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- on1002397362
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 357 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062319296
- Lccn
- 2017036982
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1002397362
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