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Tan, Amy. The Opposite of Fate: a Book of Musings.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
Nov. 2003. 416p. illus. Putnam, $24.95 (0-399-15074-9). 813.
Tan's readers are well versed in the basic elements of her mother's difficult life and demanding personality because her mother and her tragic family history have inspired a great deal of Tan's spellbinding fiction. Now in her first nonfiction book, Tan steps out from behind the veil of imaginative writing and presents a collection of arresting autobiographical essays that elicit a rich spectrum of responses from astonishment to shock, laughter, sympathy, and admiration. Tan tells the incredibly poignant tale of her parents' unlikely marriage, the stark anguish of losing both her father and brother within a year, and her restless mother's peripatetic ways, which caused Tan and her brothers to change schools innumerable times until they landed in ...
- Amy Tan. The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: World Literature Today Knapp, Mona May 1, 2005 700+ words
Amy Tan. The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings...24.95. ISBN 0-399-15074-9 AMY TAN is nothing less than a national treasure...brought by immigrants into the United States. Tan gained instant notoriety early in her career...
- Phaic Tan: the place not to be; Humour.(Book Review)
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) August 19, 2005 700+ words
Byline: HARRY RITCHIE PHAIC TAN by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob...as the locals say,'Qac!' - to Phaic Tan, one of the least-prized countries in...and remote Pha Phlung - as well as Phaic Tan's proud capital, Bumpattabumpah, on...
- Disassembling the Archive: Fiona Tan.(Brief article)(Book review)
- Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch December 1, 2008 700+ words
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- Tan Twan Eng. The Gift of Rain.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: World Literature Today Noor, Ronny November 1, 2008 700+ words
Tan Twan Eng. The Gift of Rain. New York. Weinstein...remarkable events drawn in such vivid detail in Tan Twan Eng's debut novel, The Gift of Rain...realize that all people have, in the words of Tan Twan Eng, "a God-given duty to live this...
- Books: A Lighter Look at Suffering.("Saving Fish from Drowning" by Amy...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Jones, Malcolm October 24, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Malcolm Jones Amy Tan means well. But she knows that's not...Fish From Drowning" is not your usual Tan story. It's not about mothers and daughters...those who suffer under the dictators, Tan knew when she started the kind of book...
- Reading Amy Tan.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News August 1, 2009 700+ words
9780313355462 Reading Amy Tan. Dong, Lan. Greenwood Press 2009 138...overview of the life and works of writer Amy Tan. The book covers her biography, influence...cultural and literary characteristics of Tan's novels are given. ([c]2009 Book...
- Shaun Tan: Tales from Outer Suburbia.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book...
- Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine Sutton, Roger March 1, 2009 700+ words
Shaun Tan Tales from Outer Suburbia; illus, by the...545-05587-1 $19.99 (Middle School) Tan follows his wordless epic The Arrival with...don't get much beyond their premises, and Tan's low-key expository prose offers few...
- Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Mollison. Long Tan & Beyond: Alpha Company 6 RAR...
- Magazine article from: Sabretache McKay, Gary June 1, 2005 700+ words
...Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Mollison. Long Tan & Beyond: Alpha Company 6 RAR in...recent release entitled The Battle of Long Tan--As told by The Commanders to Bob Grandin...on certain aspects of the battle of Long Tan varied with the other contributors to the...
