In addition the book was much longer than it need to be w/ details that were not pertinent to the conclusion. However, I feel those pieces were not entwined into the same story, but secular themes in this novel. You could argue that Saving Fish from Drowning included those elements.
Perhaps it's that I've come to expect her typical style that mixes magic, relationships, lessons learned and insight to Asian cultural. I finally finished after forcing myself to do so. Saving Fish from Drowning was outside of her voice and style, and unlike her previous novels, it took me forever to get into it. I'm a huge fan of Amy Tan, and this book was a disappointment. She has also appeared on PBS in a short spot on encouraging children to write.Ĭurrently, she is the literary editor for West, Los Angeles Times' Sunday magazine. In addition, Tan has written two children's books: The Moon Lady (1992) and Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat (1994), which was turned into an animated series airing on PBS. Her most recent book, Saving Fish From Drowning, explores the tribulations experienced by a group of people who disappear while on an art expedition into the jungles of Burma. She has written several other books, including The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, and The Bonesetter's Daughter, and a collection of non-fiction essays entitled The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings. In 1993, Tan's adaptation of her most popular fiction work, The Joy Luck Club, became a commercially successful film. Amy Tan (Chinese: 譚恩美 pinyin: Tán Ēnměi born February 19, 1952) is an American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships and what it means to grow up as a first generation Asian American.
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