| Edition |
First edition |
| Descript |
x, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Content |
Introduction. Where the past begins -- 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 |
| Subject |
Tan, Amy.
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1900-1999
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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Novelists, American.
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American authors -- Biography
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Kreativt skrivande
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Amerikanska författare
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Biografi
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Autobiographies.
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| Classmark |
813/.54 B
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9780062319296 hardcover |
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0062319299 hardcover |
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40027548030 |
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