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Article: Books: A Lighter Look at Suffering.("Saving Fish from Drowning" by Amy Tan)(Book Review)
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- Newsweek
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- October 24, 2005
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Byline: Malcolm Jones
Amy Tan means well. But she knows that's not enough. So she did what she does best and wrote a novel about her dilemma. "Saving Fish From Drowning" is not your usual Tan story. It's not about mothers and daughters or the Chinese-American experience. Instead, it's a comic novel about an American tour group kidnapped by Karen tribesmen in the decidedly unfunny military dictatorship of Burma. Completely sympathetic to the plight of those who suffer under the dictators, Tan knew when she started the kind of book she did not want to write. "There were books out there that I never would have read about Burma," she said in a recent interview in her ...
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Article: Novelist Amy Tan speaks near U. Arkansas
University Wire;
November 29, 2005 ;
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... ... book is about," said author Amy Tan to her audience at the Fayetteville ... about her recent book "Saving Fish from Drowning." "People ... Bonesetter's Daughter' and 'Saving Fish from Drowning,'" she said ... In addition, Tan said "Saving Fish from Water" is a departure ...
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