Like. “From what I have observed, when the anesthesia of love wears off, there is always the pain of consequences. You don't have to be stupid to marry the wrong man.”. ― Amy Tan, Saving Fish from Drowning. 90 likes. Like. “A pious man explained to his followers: 'It is Cited by: The popular American author Amy Tan published her novel Saving Fish from Drowning in Purportedly (but fictionally) based on a true story, this novel is structured as a satiric look at American tourists and the culture clash they experience on a trip through China and Burma. Unceasingly self-involved and sure of their own interpretations of their surroundings, the dozen travelers fail to . · Saving Fish from Drowning. by Amy Tan. pp, Fourth Estate, £ Saving Fish from Drowning describes the adventures of a group of 12 American tourists, ranging from a Author: Pascal Khoo Thwe.
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. 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 bltadwin.ru would be well advised to revisit that theme which she writes about so well. Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan pp, Fourth Estate, £ Saving Fish from Drowning describes the adventures of a group of 12 American tourists, ranging from a neurotic hypochondriac to.
About Saving Fish from Drowning. “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.”. The popular American author Amy Tan published her novel Saving Fish from Drowning in Purportedly (but fictionally) based on a true story, this novel is structured as a satiric look at American tourists and the culture clash they experience on a trip through China and Burma. Unceasingly self-involved and sure of their own interpretations of their surroundings, the dozen travelers fail to understand or correctly read most of what they encounter. Amy Tan's Saving Fish from Drowning is the first Tan book I've ever had the pleasure of reading, and it's safe to say it will most certainly not be the last. At times dreamy, at times direct and to the point, Tan's surreal and harrowing tale of adventure oftentimes seems almost to enter the realm of magical realism.
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