Tag Archives: Myanmar

Saving Fish From Drowning

January 2, 2009 – 5:22 pm

Set in Myanmar, a group of travelers from San Francisco disappear while on tour (lost or kidnapped?). The story is narrated by the groups recently deceased (was she killed?) travel guide. If you love colorful characters and exotic locales….this is a book for you. This post was submitted by helen.

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A Novel Way to Learn About Myanmar

May 20, 2008 – 12:15 pm

Hearing about the recent devastation from Cyclone Nargis that hit Myanmar earlier this month has made me reflect back on Amy Tan’s novel “Saving Fish From Drowning“. This is travel fiction at its best. A delicious yarn about a group of tourists that travel from San Francisco to Burma and unwittingly get themselves kidnapped into [...]

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