Saving fish from drowning:
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 thos...
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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."--Anonymous ; twelve American tourists join an art expedition that begins in the Himalayan foothills of China--dubbed the true Shangri-La--and heads south into the jungles of Burma. But after the mysterious death of their tour leader, the carefully laid plans fall apart, and disharmony breaks out among the pleasure-seekers as they come to discover that the Burma Road is paved with less-than-honorable intentions, questionable food, and tribal curses. And then, on Christmas morning, eleven of the travelers boat across a misty lake for a sunrise cruise--and disappear. Drawing from the current political reality in Burma and woven with pure confabulation, Amy Tan's picaresque novel poses the question: How can we discern what is real and what is fiction, in everything we see? How do we know what to believe? |
| Beschreibung: | Originally published: New York: Putnam, 2005 |
| Beschreibung: | 496 S. |
| ISBN: | 034546401X 9780345464019 |
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| adam_text | San Francisco art patron Bibi
along the ramed Burma Road tor eleven lucky friends. But
mysterious death, Bibi watches aghast
travelers veer
garres and tribal curses, Buddhist illusions and romantic desires. On
Christmas morning, the tourists cruise across a misty lake and disappear.
With picaresque characters and mesmerizing imagery, Saving Fish
from Drowning gives us a voice as idiosyncratic, sharp, and attectionate as
tne
nature—
souls and those who wish to save them. In the end, Tan takes her readers to
tnat place in their own heart where hope is round.
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San Francisco art patron Bibi
along the ramed Burma Road tor eleven lucky friends. But
mysterious death, Bibi watches aghast
travelers veer
garres and tribal curses, Buddhist illusions and romantic desires. On
Christmas morning, the tourists cruise across a misty lake and disappear.
With picaresque characters and mesmerizing imagery, Saving Fish
from Drowning gives us a voice as idiosyncratic, sharp, and attectionate as
tne
nature—
souls and those who wish to save them. In the end, Tan takes her readers to
tnat place in their own heart where hope is round. |
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