Where the Past Begins
eBook - ePub

Where the Past Begins

Memory and Imagination

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Where the Past Begins

Memory and Imagination

About this book

From New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan, a memoir about finding meaning in life through acts of creativity and imagination. As seen on PBS American Masters "Unintended Memoir."

In Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan reveals the ways that our memories and personal experiences can inform our creative work. Drawing on her vivid impressions of her upbringing, Tan investigates the truths and inspirations behind her writing while illuminating how we all explore, confront, and process complex memories, especially half-forgotten ones from childhood.

With candor, empathy, and humor, Tan sheds light on her own writing process, sharing her hard-won insights on the nature of creativity and inspiration while exploring the universal urge to examine truth through the workings of imagination—and what that imaginative world tells us about our own lives. Where the Past Begins is both a unique look into the mind of an extraordinary storyteller and an indispensable guide for writers, artists, and other creative thinkers.

 

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Information

Publisher
Ecco
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9780062319319
eBook ISBN
9780062319302
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Art General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction Where the Past Begins
  7. PROLOGUE The Breaker of Combs
  8. I.
  9. CHAPTER ONE A Leaky Imagination
  10. CHAPTER TWO Music as Muse
  11. Quirk Souvenir from a Dream
  12. CHAPTER THREE Hidden Genius
  13. Interlude Reorientation: Homer, Alaska
  14. II.
  15. CHAPTER FOUR Genuine Emotions
  16. CHAPTER FIVE The Feeling of What It Felt Like When It Happened
  17. Quirk A Mere Mortal at Age Twenty-Five
  18. Quirk How to Change Fate: Step 1
  19. III.
  20. Interlude The Unfurling of Leaves
  21. Interlude The Auntie of the Woman Who Lost Her Mind
  22. CHAPTER SIX Unstoppable
  23. Quirk Time and Distance: Age Twenty-Four
  24. IV.
  25. CHAPTER SEVEN The Darkest Moment of My Life
  26. Quirk Nipping Dog
  27. CHAPTER EIGHT The Father I Did Not Know
  28. Quirk Reliable Witness
  29. V.
  30. Interlude I Am the Author of This Novel
  31. CHAPTER NINE How I Learned to Read
  32. Quirk Splayed Poem: The Road
  33. Quirk Eidolons
  34. CHAPTER TEN Letters to the Editor
  35. CHAPTER ELEVEN Letters in English
  36. Quirk Why Write?
  37. VI.
  38. CHAPTER TWELVE Language: A Love Story
  39. Quirk Intestinal Fortitude
  40. CHAPTER THIRTEEN Principles of Linguistics
  41. EPILOGUE Companions in the House
  42. Acknowledgments
  43. About the Author
  44. Also by Amy Tan
  45. Copyright
  46. About the Publisher