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Saving Fish From Drowning

by Amy Tan
Saving Fish From Drowning
Saving Fish From Drowning

Ghostly insights on a misadventurous cultural journey.

"Saving Fish From Drowning" is a witty, satirical adventure that delves into the complexities of cultural interactions and the often unpredictable nature of travel. As you follow a group of tourists through their ill-fated trip, Amy Tan's sharp humor and insightful reflections on human nature will leave you contemplating the fine line between well-intentioned tourism and cultural insensitivity. This book promises a journey not just for its characters, but for your own understanding of different worlds colliding.

  • Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Adult Fiction Honor (2005)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Saving Fish From Drowning

by Amy Tan
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ISBN: 9780007219896
Authors: Amy Tan
Publisher: FOURTH ESTATE
Date of Publication: 2005-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Asian Literature, Literature, Asia
Goodreads rating: 3.46
(rated by 31947 readers)

Description

San Francisco art patron Bibi Chen has planned a journey of the senses along the farmed Burma Road for eleven lucky friends. But after her mysterious death, Bibi watches aghast from her ghostly perch as the travelers veer off her itinerary and embark on a trail paved with cultural gaffes and tribal curses, Buddhist illusions and romantic desires. On Christmas morning, the tourists cruise across a misty lake and disappear. With picaresque characters and mesmerizing imagery, Saving Fish from Drowning gives us a voice as idiosyncratic, sharp, and affectionate as the mothers of the Joy Luck Club. Bibi is the observant eye of human nature - the witness of good intentions and bad outcomes, of desperate souls and those who wish to save themselves. In the end, Tan takes her readers to that place in their own heart where hope is found.
 

Ghostly insights on a misadventurous cultural journey.

"Saving Fish From Drowning" is a witty, satirical adventure that delves into the complexities of cultural interactions and the often unpredictable nature of travel. As you follow a group of tourists through their ill-fated trip, Amy Tan's sharp humor and insightful reflections on human nature will leave you contemplating the fine line between well-intentioned tourism and cultural insensitivity. This book promises a journey not just for its characters, but for your own understanding of different worlds colliding.

  • Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Adult Fiction Honor (2005)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.