Where the past begins: a writer's memoir
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New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017].
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Book
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First Edition.
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x, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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An intimate memoir on Tan's life as a writer that explores formative experiences from her childhood and her evolving perspectives on the symbiotic relationship between fiction and emotional memory.
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Tan, A. (2017). Where the past begins: a writer's memoir. First Edition. New York, Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Tan, Amy. 2017. Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir. New York, Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Tan, Amy, Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir. New York, Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017.
MLA Citation (style guide)Tan, Amy. Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir. First Edition. New York, Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017.
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
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