The Opposite of Fate

Informationen zum Autor Born in the US to immigrant Chinese parents, Amy Tan failed her mother's expectations that she become a doctor and concert pianist. She settled on writing fiction. Her novels are The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, Saving Fish from Drowning, and The Valley of Amazement, all New York Times bestsellers. She is also the author of a memoir, The Opposite of Fate, and two children's books. Her work has been translated into 35 languages. Zusammenfassung An unbearably moving, intensely passionate, deeply personal account of life as seen through the eyes of one of America’s best-loved novelists.

Product details

• Authors: Amy Tan
• Publisher: Harper Perennial UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.07.2004
• EAN: 9780007170401
• ISBN: 978-0-00-717040-1
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Harper Collins Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literary essays