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A review by rickwren
Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan
4.0
I have enjoyed other books by Amy Tan and Saving Fish from Drowning has her clarity and unique voice. However, from the beginning it seems like a light airy volume about the fumbling misadventures of a group of tourists who disappear in Myanmar (Burma), and yet it's profound at the same time - dealing with the plight of an oppressed people under a brutal regime which treats its citizens with disdain.
Told from the point of view of the tour organizer who died days before the trip was to begin, she now views the events from an afterlife, or spirit world. She can slightly affect dreams and she can read thoughts and she has the personality of one frantic for the well being of her friends who are in danger because she isn't there to keep them safe. In that way it's such a unique story.
I very much enjoyed it.
Told from the point of view of the tour organizer who died days before the trip was to begin, she now views the events from an afterlife, or spirit world. She can slightly affect dreams and she can read thoughts and she has the personality of one frantic for the well being of her friends who are in danger because she isn't there to keep them safe. In that way it's such a unique story.
I very much enjoyed it.