β Walker-Smith, GJ
π Fiction
π
2013
π English
β 175 KB
β¦ LIBER β¦
Saving Fish from Drowning
β Scribed by Amy Tan
- Publisher
- Penguin Group US;Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
- Year
- 2010;2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 307 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
A provocative new novel from the bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter's Daughter.
On an ill-fated art expedition into the southern Shan state of Burma, eleven Americans leave their Floating Island Resort for a Christmas-morning tour-and disappear. Through twists of fate, curses, and just plain human error, they find themselves deep in the jungle, where they encounter a tribe awaiting the return of the leader and the mythical book of wisdom that will protect them from the ravages and destruction of the Myanmar military regime.
Filled with Amy Tan's signature "idiosyncratic, sympathetic characters, haunting images, historical complexity, significant contemporary themes, and suspenseful mystery"(Los Angeles Times), Saving Fish from Drowning seduces the reader with a fa?ade of Buddhist illusions, magician's tricks, and light comedy, even as the absurd and picaresque spiral into a gripping morality tale about the consequences of...
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