The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life - Brossura

Tan, Amy

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ISBN 10: 0142004898 ISBN 13: 9780142004890

Casa editrice: Penguin Books, 2004

Riassunto

The best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club philosophically reflects on her family's Chinese-American legacy, her experiences as a writer, her survival of natural disasters, her relationship with the natural world, and her struggle to manage three family members afflicted with brain disease. Reprint.

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Recensione:

Sharp and invigorating . . . fertile reading. (The New York Times Book Review)

Wickedly funny and honest. (O Magazine)

A melodramatic, tragic and comedic tale . . . Tan is refreshingly candid. (The Baltimore Sun)

L'autore:

Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Opposite of Fate, Saving Fish from Drowning, and two children’s books, The Moon Lady and The Chinese Siamese Cat, which has been adapted as Sagwa, a PBS series for children. Tan was also the co-producer and co-screenwriter of the film version of The Joy Luck Club, and her essays and stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Her work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Tan, who has a master’s degree in linguistics from San Jose University, has worked as a language specialist to programs serving children with developmental disabilities. She lives with her husband in San Francisco and New York.

Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God s Wife,The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Opposite of Fate,Saving Fish from Drowning, and two children s books, The Moon Lady andThe Chinese Siamese Cat, which has been adapted as Sagwa, a PBS series for children. Tan was also the co-producer and co-screenwriter of the film version ofThe Joy Luck Club, and her essays and stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Her work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Tan, who has a master s degree in linguistics from San Jose University, has worked as a language specialist to programs serving children with developmental disabilities. She lives with her husband in San Francisco and New York.

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• Editore: Penguin Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0142004898
• ISBN 13: 9780142004890
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 416