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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.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: MELUS Hume, Kathryn December 22, 2005 700+ words
Amy Tan. Bella Adams. Manchester and New York: Manchester...2002. xii + 220 pages. $21.95 paper. Amy Tan by Bella Adams is part of John Thieme's Contemporary...Thus, it devotes a chapter to each of Tan's four novels, plus an introductory chapter...
- 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...
- UC-Berkeley: BOOK REVIEW: Tan carts cliched references, little else with 'Fish'.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire October 31, 2005 700+ words
...details that might keep you reading Amy Tan's "Saving Fish from Drowning." But...of modern fiction again. In the novel, Tan tells the story of a group of wealthy Americans...and deceased San Franciscan socialite -- Tan credits her with relaying the events of...
- Frantic and fantastic.(Fan-Tan )(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Spectator French, Philip September 3, 2005 700+ words
FAN-TAN by Marion Brando and Donald Cammell Heinemann...historian, David Thomson, who licked Fan-Tan into shape for publication, it seems likely...the imprint of a reputable publisher. Fan-Tan is a nautical adventure yarn, several fathoms...
- From Amy Tan, cultures clash as affluent group tours Asia in `Saving Fish From...
- News wire article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) December 7, 2005 700+ words
...Giordano ``Saving Fish From Drowning'' by Amy Tan; Putnam ($26.95) ___ San Francisco...Fish From Drowning,'' a new novel by Amy Tan that may take readers of her past work by surprise. Tan has been justly acclaimed as a writer of poignant...
- Tan, Maureen. A Perfect Cover.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Library Journal Ramsdell, Kristin August 1, 2004 700+ words
TAN, MAUREEN. A Perfect Cover. Silhouette Bombshell...exceptionally well defined sense of place, and Tan's memorable, deceptively fragile risk taking...will appeal to fans of romantic suspense. Tan (Run, Jane, Run) has written several earlier...
- Tan, Amy. Saving Fish from Drowning.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Library Journal Neville, Maureen October 1, 2005 700+ words
Tan, Amy. Saving Fish from Drowning. Putnam...26.95. F Renowned best-selling author Tan follows up The Bonesetter's Daughter with...by the tyrannical Myanmar military regime. Tan focuses on the hilarity and absurdity that...
- Tan, Shaun. The Lost Thing.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: School Library Journal Pfeifer, Teresa May 1, 2005 700+ words
TAN, Shaun. The Lost Thing. illus. by author...10-8. LC C2004-902228-8. Gr 3 Up--Tan's collage artwork for this picture book is...delight in discovering these exterior notes. Tan's illustrations offer playful tributes that...
- Disassembling the Archive: Fiona Tan.(Brief article)(Book review)
- Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch December 1, 2008 700+ words
Disassembling the Archive: Fiona Tan Philip Monk AgYu c/o D.A.P., Distributors...fictional correspondence with the artist Fiona Tan departs from other considerations of her...series of 'journal' entries considering Tan's exhibition art, it's a scholarly...
- 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...