num_pages: 472
description: 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.
language: English
title: Saving Fish from Drowning
titlecomplete: Saving Fish from Drowning
characters: Bibi Chen
genres: Asia, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Asian Literature, Literature, China, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 31722
places: Myanmar, Burma
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
category: Adult Fiction Honor
publisher: Ballantine Books