Saving Fish from Drowning: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
 

Saving Fish from Drowning: A Novel

by Amy Tan

Amy Tan, who has an unerring eye for relationships between mothers and daughters, especially Chinese-American, has departed from her well-known genre in Saving Fish From Drowning. She would be well advised to revisit that theme which she writes about so well.
The title of the book is derived from the practice of Myanmar fishermen who "scoop up the fish and bring them to shore. ... (read more)

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  • Shoshi2

    shoshi2 said:

    I was reading it, it is told from the "Spirit" of a killed traveler from a tourist group of Burma visitors, just after the tiny state was called Myamar. The title is from an ancient asian philosophy. It brings a good part of old traditions vs. modern life, brings you right in the middle into the life of it and has a very colorful and interesting group of characters in it. It is worth reading it.

    posted Tuesday, May 20 2008
  • Jessica S

    jessica s said:

    I had four different people recomend this book to me on Saturday and happened to be at Borders later that day (UNPLANNED) so I had to buy it! I am reading this next if anyone wants to join me!

    posted Monday, May 19 2008
  • Claire C

    claire c said:

    I love all of Amy Tan's books - and this one is no exception!
    Interesting to read a book where you have so many different characters' perspectives - especially where you don't identify with some of them - this is different to her usual books, as usually you are encouraged to empathise with her female lead characters.

    posted Wednesday, February 6 2008
  • Shoshi2

    shoshi2 said:

    this book is sure different as it is told from the 'spirit' of an asian art fan who got accidentley killed before the trip started.

    posted Tuesday, December 4 2007
  • Onnie

    onnie said:

    I still can't finish this book. It's not like her previous books. Although it has become vivid for me, it didn't give me that rush to turn every page. But i still remain to be a loyal fan of Amy Tan. When i finish this book, I hope i would have glowing words to say too.

    posted Tuesday, December 4 2007
  • angelicabeads

    angelicabeads said:

    I just finished reading "Saving Fish from Drowning", and found it to be an excellent read. The characters are very well-drawn, and the narrator, Bibi, has quite a sense of humor indeed. I was concerned at first that this would be depressing read, but it was most definitely not!

    posted Tuesday, November 27 2007
  • angelicabeads

    angelicabeads said:

    I just finished reading "Saving Fish from Drowning", and found it to be an excellent read. The characters are very well-drawn, and the narrator, Bibi, has quite a sense of humor indeed. I was concerned at first that this would be depressing read, but it was most definitely not!

    posted Tuesday, November 27 2007
  • Shoshi2

    shoshi2 said:

    The book starts out very unusual , as it is told from the spirit of an older asian women, who got killed accidently. It is about a group of 7 tourists, who without doing any research and without studying the tradition and laungage travel to the former Burma, the just after the government made it into Myanman. All get there for different reasons, but have to endure the same struggles- from food poison to surviving malaria, and even their lives.

    posted Tuesday, November 6 2007
  • Hollan R

    hollan r said:

    Oooh and havent you noticed? Since this book came out, theres been so much in the news about Burma...Mayamer...did Amy Tan start something?

    posted Saturday, November 3 2007
  • nota

    nota said:

    I had liked the Kitchen God's Wife and the Joy Luck Club, but this book I thoroughly enjoyed. The plot was great.

    posted Saturday, September 15 2007
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