Description:
A touch of Alice in Wonderland pervades this surreal journey through the horrors of military-ruled Burma...
"Saving Fish from Drowning"
by Amy Tan. Putnam, New York, 2005. P472...
"Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club, The Bonesetter?s Daughter) has written a seemingly light comic novel with real political weight. Saving Fish from Drowning (a title that comes from a Buddhist self-justification for eating fish) might not be to everyone?s taste, but those who stick with it will find the author?s good intentions shining through.
The tour group has been a narrative inspiration dating back to Canterbury Tales and Journey to the West. Tan uses the misadventures of a fictional group of travelers as her framework for revealing Burma?s real-life agony..."
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 14, No. 5
Date of Publication:
2006-05-00
Date of entry:
2006-12-28
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English