The highly anticipated novel from the bestselling author of ' The Joy Luck Club' & ' The Bonesetter's Daughter'. On an ill-fated art expedition of the Southern Shan State in Burma eleven Americans leave their Floating Island Resort for a Christmas morning tour
- & disappear. Through the twists of fate curses & just plain human error they find themselves deep in the Burma jungle where they encounter a tribe awaiting the return of the leader & the mythical book of wisdom that will protect them from the ravages & destruction of the Myanmar military regime. Filled with Amy Tan's signature 'idiosyncratic sympathetic characters haunting images historical complexity significant contemporary themes & suspenseful mystery' (Los Angeles Times) ' Saving Fish from Drowning' seduces the reader with a facade of Buddhist illusions magical tricks & light comedy even as the absurd & picaresque spiral into a gripping morality tale about the consequences of intentions
- both good & bad
- & of the shared responsibility that individuals must accept for the actions of others.