![]() |a Americans |0 |z Burma |0 |v Fiction. |a Tourists |0 |x Crimes against |0 |v Fiction. ![]() |a Saving fish from drowning / |c Amy Tan. Drawing from the current political reality in Burma and woven with pure confabulation, Amy Tan's picaresque novel poses the question: How can we discern what is real and what is fiction, in everything we see? How do we know what to believe? And then, on Christmas morning, eleven of the travelers boat across a misty lake for a sunrise cruise-and disappear. But after the mysterious death of their tour leader, the carefully laid plans fall apart, and disharmony breaks out among the pleasure-seekers as they come to discover that the Burma Road is paved with less-than-honorable intentions, questionable food, and tribal curses. With the money I receive, I buy more nets so I can save more fishes."-Anonymous twelve American tourists join an art expedition that begins in the Himalayan foothills of China-dubbed the true Shangri-La-and heads south into the jungles of Burma. And because it is evil to waste anything, I take those dead fishes to market and I sell them for a good price. 'I am saving you from drowning.' Soon enough, the fishes grow calm and lie still. Bibi is the observant eye of human naturethe witness of good intentions and bad outcomes, of. 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. ![]() ![]() ![]() I place the fishes on the bank, where they flop and twirl. On Christmas morning, the tourists cruise across a misty lake and disappear. I drop my net in the lake and scoop out a hundred fishes. Each day I pledge to save a hundred lives. A pious man explained to his followers: "It is evil to take lives and noble to save them. ![]()
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