Author

Publication

2003 - Putnam, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

99,500 words, Guess

Page Count

398 pages

Identifiers

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  • LibraryThing2089715

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3570.A48 Z47 2003

Description

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

First Sentence

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

Description

Born into a family who believed in fate, Amy Tan has always looked for alternative ways to make sense of the world. And now, in The Opposite of Fate, her first book of non-fiction she shares her thoughts on how she escaped the expectations and curses of her past, and created her own destiny.

Subjects

Genres

  • Biography.

Other Editions

  • The opposite of fate: a book of musingsPutnam2003-01-01
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