Saving Fish from Drowning
- ISBN-10
- 034549394X
- ISBN-13
- 9780345493941
- Series
- Saving Fish from Drowning
- Category
- Americans
- Pages
- 491
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Random House Digital, Inc.
- Author
- Amy Tan
Description
Twelve American tourists join an art expedition that begins in the Himalayan foothills of China-dubbed the true Shangri-La and head south into the jungles of Burma. But after the mysterious death of theirtour 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.
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