Saving Fish from Drowning, Amy Tan
Saving Fish from Drowning, Amy Tan
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Saving Fish from Drowning

Author: Amy Tan

Narrator: Amy Tan

Unabridged: 18 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 10/18/2005

Synopsis

San Francisco art patron Bibi Chen has planned a journey of the senses along the famed 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 them. In the end, Tan takes her readers to that place in their own heart where hope is found.

About Amy Tan

Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, and two children’s books, The Moon Lady and The Chinese Siamese Cat, which has been adapted as Sagwa, a PBS series for children. Tan was also the coproducer and co-screenwriter of the film version of The Joy Luck Club, and her essays and stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Her work has been translated into more than 25 languages. Tan, who has a master’s degree in linguistics from San Jose University, has worked as a language specialist to programs serving children with developmental disabilities. She lives with her husband in San Francisco and New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fran on February 18, 2009

I think I have read all of Amy Tan's books, but this one was completely different. To really understand it you have to believe that dead people can be channeled, and second you have to know a lot more about the history of Burma/ Myanmar than I do. I could never figure out if this was based on a real......more

Goodreads review by Ellen on March 09, 2009

From reading the back cover of this book, I expected something like The Poisonwood Bible. Some of the elements are similar: group of Americans visit third world country, spend time with the natives, have their preconceptions shattered through hardship and numerous misunderstandings. But this book wa......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on July 26, 2012

I read this book a long time ago and should have written this review a long time ago. What a wonder this book is! Having read all of Amy Tan’s books, I expected good writing, serious cultural and gender themes, and disturbing realities. What I did not expect was this book. It is side splittingly, la......more

Goodreads review by Catherine on August 27, 2014

I put off reading this book for a long time because of the horrible reviews. I can see some of the reviewers points, but overall, I really enjoyed this novel. This is definitely a departure from Tan's normal novels about the relationships between Chinese-born mothers and their Chinese-American daught......more

Goodreads review by Camilla on March 03, 2009

It took me awhile to read this novel. Each paragraph holds thoughtful meanings and insight that aren't quickly digested but gradually enjoyed. Human nature, what we are about, what I do and why I do what I do, are some things stirred up. I love all of Amy Tan's writing. Her history of China is right......more

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