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Title: The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings by Amy Tan ISBN: 0-399-15074-9 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 27 October, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: What make's Amy Tan Tick?
Comment: Often very funny but just as often downright depressing, this is the story of the life of one of America's favorite writers, written by the one person who will always be the world's foremost authority on this subject, Amy Tan herself. To set the record straight on who Tan is and what life experiences and thought processes gave rise to her writing, and to reclaim the final words on this subject from the many supposed literary experts from "Cliff" of CliffsNotes (who may have to move to a remote island somewhere, in shame) to myriad obnoxious "expert" academics (who may have to move to the island with Cliff), Amy Tan lays out her life, from her paper on why she loves the library, written at age eight, to the interview she was about to begin in NYC for CNN on the morning of September 11th, 2001 when the Muslim world began World War 3.
This book is a collection of chapters, speeches, emails, etc. compiled to give her readers a clear picture of precisely what makes this writer "tick". At times her stories and memories overlap. The somewhat patchwork nature of the book gives rise to some redundancy. But all in all this is a great book for those who have read Ms. Tan's other works and who would like to know more about the person herself. This is certainly not a book for first time Amy Tan readers. This is a book exclusively for already dedicated Tan readers.
You'll come away from "The Opposite of Fate" with a clearer understanding of the psychological baggage Tan's mother imposed upon her and left her with. In fact, you will not like her mother, regardless of the fact that Tan continues to try to rationalize her life-long behavior. You'll also come away from this book wanting to learn much more about, of ALL things, Lyme Disease, an affliction that has apparently pretty well at least temporarily devastated Amy Tan. Being in the Northeastern U.S. and being outdoors a great deal, I have myself tested for Lyme disease regularly. Apparently Ms. Tan should have been doing the same.
In any event, this is definitely a "Five Star" read for fans of Amy Tan's writing so pick it up, settle in, and prepare to get the story straight from the dragon's mouth.
Rating: 4
Summary: What is the opposite of fate? Self knowledge?
Comment: I was privileged to receive an advance reader's copy of this latest book by Amy Tan. In her novels, Tan uses material culled from her own life and her family's history. But I believe this is her first nonfiction book, and in it she displays the same qualities for which her fiction is so appreciated: humor, poignancy, revelation, a little magic - and always fascination with the world and our relationships within it. In The Opposite of Fate, she reveals herself. Especially moving is a part in which she realizes she only learned who her mother really was as she was writing her obituary. A collection of "musings," more than a chronological memoir, The Opposite of fate is intimate, literary, and wonderful.
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Title: The Fifth Book of Peace by Maxine Hong Kingston ISBN: 0679440755 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Love by Toni Morrison ISBN: 0375409440 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Namesake : A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri ISBN: 0395927218 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Moon Lady (Aladdin Picture Books) by Amy Tan, Gretchen Schields ISBN: 0689806167 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: November, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Thousand Pieces of Gold : Growing Up Through China's Proverbs by Adeline Yen Mah ISBN: 0060006390 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 08 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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