Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan
A rollicking, adventure-filled story . . . packed with] the human capacity for love.USA Today
A superbly executed, good-hearted farce that is part romance and part mystery . . . With Tan s many talents on display, it s her idiosyncratic wit and sly observations . . . that make this book pure pleasure.
San Francisco Chronicle
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.
Amy Tan is among our great storytellers.
The New York Times Book Review
Amy Tan has created an almost magical adventure that, page by page, becomes a metaphor for human relationships.
Isabel Allende
With humor, ruthlessness, and wild imagination, Tan has reaped a] fantastic tale of human longings and (of course) their consequences.
Elle
A book that s easy to read and hard to forget.
Newsweek
The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Hidden Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life, Saving Fish from Drowning, and two children's books, The Moon Lady and Sagwa, which was converted into a PBS Kids play, are among Amy Tan's works. Tan also worked on the film adaptation of The Joy Luck Club as a coproducer and coscreenwriter. Her essays and short tales have appeared in a variety of publications and anthologies, and her work has been translated into 35 languages. She splits her time between San Francisco and New York with her husband.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780399153013 |
| ISBN 10 | 0399153012 |
| Title | Saving Fish from Drowning |
| Author | Amy Tan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Putnam Publishing Group,U.S. |
| Year published | 2005-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 474 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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