NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. As New in As New dust jacket. 2005. First Trade Edition. 1. Hard Cover. 0399153012 . First Printing. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over green boards, gilt lettering on spine, intricate blind-stamped decoration on cover. 472, (3) pp. This is a new, unopened, unmarked copy. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine condition. This is the first printing of the trade edition, preceded only by the limited, signed Easton Press edition. Tan "delivers another highly entertaining novel, narrated from beyond the grave. San Francisco socialite and art-world doyenne Bibi Chen has planned the vacation of a lifetime along the notorious Burma Road for twelve of her dearest friends. Violently murdered days before takeoff, she is reduced to watching her friends bumble through their travels from the remove of the spirit world" (Publisher). "Tan, marvelously liberated, attains new heights with her piquant humor and ship-of-fools cast of charmingly cranky characters. Writing with stinging irony about oppression, genocide, culture clashes, religion, media spin, and corruption, she slyly considers the unintended consequences of everything from a thwarted seduction to a war based on lies" (Donna Seaman).. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

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Saving Fish From Drowning is a 2005 novel written by Amy Tan. It is Tan's sixth and most recent work. The story follows the trials and tribulations twelve American tourists face when they embark on an expedition of China and Burma.

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5356
Title: Saving Fish from Drowning
Author: Tan, Amy
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: New As New in As New dust jacket
Edition: First Trade Edition. 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0399153012
ISBN 13: 9780399153013
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 2005
Keywords: 0399153012, Fiction;, MISSING Persons, PERSONS, Suspense

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