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An edition of The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings (2001)

The Opposite of Fate

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

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HarperPerennial
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398

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American Novelists, Family, Chinese Americans, Fiction, Fate and fatalism, Chinese American families, Authorship, Family relationships, Biography, Free will and determinism, Families, Large type books, New York Times reviewed, Authors, american, Chinese americans, Women, biography, Tan, Amy, Tan, Amy - Prose & Criticism, Authors, biography, Fiction, authorship, Tan, amy, 1952-
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Amy Tan, Amy Tan (1952-)
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20th century

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Cover of: En Contra Del Destino
En Contra Del Destino
December 6, 2005, Random House Mondadori
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The Opposite of Fate
July 5, 2004, HarperPerennial
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The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings
September 1, 2004, Large Print Press
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The opposite of fate: a book of musings
2003, Putnam
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The opposite of fate: a book of musings
2003, Putnam
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De keerzijde van het lot: een boek vol bespiegelingen
2003, Bakker
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The opposite of fate : memories of a writing life
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Table of Contents

A Note to the Reader Page 1
FATE AND FAITH
The CliffsNotes Version of My Life Page 7 How We Knew Page 39 A Question of Fate Page 41 Faith Page 61
CHANGING THE PAST
Last Week Page 69 My Grandmother's Choice Page 99 Thinly Disguised Memoir Page 105 Persona Errata Page 113 Scent Page 121
AMERICAN CIRCUMSTANCES AND CHINESE CHARACTER
Fish Cheeks Page 125 Dangerous Advice Page 128 Midlife Confidential Page 135 Arrival Banquet Page 154 Joy Luck and Hollywood Page 176
STRONG WINDS, STRONG INFLUENCES
What She Meant Page 207 Confessions Page 212 Pretty Beyond Belief Page 215 The Most Hateful Words Page 218 My Love Affair with Vladimir Nabokov Page 221
LUCK, CHANCE, AND A CHARMED LIFE
Inferior Decorating Page 231 Room with a View, New Kitchen, and Ghosts Page 235 Retreat to Reality Page 239 My Hair, My Face, My Nails Page 245 The Ghosts of My Imagination Page 250
A CHOICE OF WORDS
What the Library Means to Me Page 269 Mother Tongue Page 271 The Language of Discretion Page 280 Five Writing Tips Page 291 Required Reading and Other Dangerous Subjects Page 299 Angst and the Second Book Page 324 The Best Stories Page 334
HOPE
What I Would Remember Page 357 To Complain Is American Page 360 The Opposite of Fate Page 367

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Library of Congress
PS3570.A48O67 2004

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Number of pages
398
Dimensions
20 x x centimeters

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OL7263038M
Internet Archive
oppositeoffate0000tana
ISBN 10
0007170408
ISBN 13
9780007170401
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2089715
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35963

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

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