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Saving Fish from Drowning 

by

Amy Tan

Saving Fish from Drowning

(2005)
A novel by

Amy Tan



 

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.

Saving Fish from Drowning seduces the reader with a facade 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 intentions-both good and bad-and about the shared responsibility that individuals must accept for the actions of others.

A pious man explained to his followers: "It is evil to take lives and noble to save them. Each day I pledge to save a hundred lives. I drop my net in the lake and scoop out a hundred fishes. I place the fishes on the bank, where they flop and twirl. 'Don't be scared,' I tell those fishes. 'I am saving you from drowning.' Soon enough, the fishes grow calm and lie still. Yet, sad to say, I am always too late. The fishes expire. And because it is evil to waste anything, I take those dead fishes to market and I sell them for a good price. With the money I receive, I buy more nets so I can save more fishes."
 
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February 2006 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 078627378XTitle: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 0-7862-7378-X / 978-0-7862-7378-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: Thorndike Press
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January 2006 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1405613009Title: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 1-4056-1300-9 / 978-1-4056-1300-2 (UK edition)
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January 2006 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1405613017Title: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 1-4056-1301-7 / 978-1-4056-1301-9 (UK edition)
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November 2005 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0007216157Title: Saving Fish From Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 0-00-721615-7 / 978-0-00-721615-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd
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October 2005 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0399153012Title: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 0-399-15301-2 / 978-0-7394-6135-8 (USA edition)
Publisher: GP Putnam's Sons & Random House Publishing Group
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2005 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0641815174Title: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 0-641-81517-4
Publisher: Penguin Group
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2005 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B000UHC1EQTitle: Saving Fish From Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
Publisher: Fourth Estate
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2004 : Leather Bound
Cover of ISBN: B000LL49S2Title: Saving Fish From Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
Publisher: Easton Press
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2003 : Leather Bound
Cover of ISBN: B000JPL1YATitle: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
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Paperback Editions

2007 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B00213CY7GTitle: Saving Fish From Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
Publisher: Ballentine Books
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November 2006 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0007253885Title: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 0-00-725388-5 / 978-0-00-725388-3 (UK edition)
Publisher: HarperPerennial
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September 2006 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 034546401XTitle: Saving Fish from Drowning: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 0-345-46401-X / 978-0-345-46401-9 (USA edition)
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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September 2006 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1594131627Title: Saving Fish from Drowning (Thorndike Paperback Bestsellers)
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 1-59413-162-7 / 9781594131622 (USA edition)
Publisher: Large Print Press
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August 2006 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0007216165Title: Saving Fish From Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 0-00-721616-5 / 978-0-00-721616-1 (UK edition)
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June 2006 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 000723211XTitle: Saving Fish From Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 0-00-723211-X / 978-0-00-723211-6 (UK edition)
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June 2006 : Perfect Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 034549394XTitle: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 0-345-49394-X / 978-0-345-49394-1 (USA edition)
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October 2005 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 000721989XTitle: Saving Fish From Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 0-00-721989-X / 978-0-00-721989-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: Fourth Estate
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2005 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0739467263Title: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 0-7394-6726-3 / 978-0-7394-6726-8 (USA edition)
Publisher: Putnam
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1980 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000N63SZ0Title: Saving Fish From Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
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Audio Editions

December 2009 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1441839860Title: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 1-4418-3986-0 / 978-1-4418-3986-2
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September 2006 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1597377384Title: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 1-59737-738-4 / 9781597377386 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Value Priced
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April 2006 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1423321871Title: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 1-4233-2187-1 / 978-1-4233-2187-3 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
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October 2005 : Audio Cassette
Cover of ISBN: 1597377295Title: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 1-59737-729-5 / 9781597377294 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Unabridged
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October 2005 : Audio Cassette
Cover of ISBN: 1597377309Title: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 1-59737-730-9 / 9781597377300 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Unabridged Lib Ed
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October 2005 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1597377317Title: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 1-59737-731-7 / 9781597377317 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged
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October 2005 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1597377325Title: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 1-59737-732-5 / 9781597377324 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Lib Ed
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October 2005 : MP3 CD
Cover of ISBN: 1597377333Title: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 1-59737-733-3 / 9781597377331 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD
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October 2005 : MP3 CD
Cover of ISBN: 1597377341Title: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 1-59737-734-1 / 9781597377348 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed
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October 2005 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1597377376Title: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 1-59737-737-6 / 9781597377379 (USA edition)
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October 2009 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: 1441813020Title: Saving Fish from Drowning [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Fiction)
Author(s): Amy Tan
ISBN: 1-4418-1302-0 / 978-1-4418-1302-2
Publisher: Playaway
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October 2005 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B001NGN2AUTitle: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author(s): AMY TAN
Publisher: Putnam Adult
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