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Doce amigos estadounidenses están a punto de emprender el viaje de su vida, desde el pie del Himalaya en China hacia las selvas inexploradas de Birmania, para profundizar en el arte y la cultura de ambos países. La mañana del día de Navidad, todos menos uno -que sufre resaca- inician una excursión de medio día, pero ya no regresan. Los diez amigos se encuentran en medio de la selva, en un poblado secreto donde se oculta una tribu medio extinguida que ve en uno de ellos a su salvador, el líder que han estado esperando para que les proteja de la violencia del régimen militar birmano.
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Saving Fish from Drowning
2009, Penguin USA, Inc.
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Un Lugar Llamado Nada / Saving Fish from Drowning
August 30, 2006, Planeta
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Un Lugar Llamado Nada
October 30, 2006, Editorial Planeta, S.A. (Planeta Internacional)
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Saving Fish from Drowning: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
September 26, 2006, Ballantine Books
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Saving Fish from Drowning
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"It was not my fault."
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A provocative new novel from the bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter's DaughterOn an ill-fated art expedition into the southern Shan state of Burma, eleven Americans leave their FloatingIsland Resort for a Christmas-morning tour-and disappear. Through twists of fate, curses, and just plain human error, they find themselves deep in the jungle, where they encounter a tribe awaiting the return of the leader and the mythical book of wisdom that will protect them from the ravages and destruction of the Myanmar military regime.Filled with Amy Tan's signature "idiosyncratic, sympathetic characters, haunting images, historical complexity, significant contemporary themes, and suspenseful mystery" (Los Angeles Times), Saving Fish from Drowning seduces the reader with a facade of Buddhist illusions, magician's tricks, and light comedy, even as the absurd and picaresque spiral into a gripping morality tale about the consequences of intentions-both good and bad-and about the shared responsibility that individuals must accept for the actions of others.A pious man explained to his followers: "It is evil to take lives and noble to save them. Each day I pledge to save a hundred lives. I drop my net in the lake and scoop out a hundred fishes. I place the fishes on the bank, where they flop and twirl. 'Don't be scared,' I tell those fishes. 'I am saving you from drowning.' Soon enough, the fishes grow calm and lie still. Yet, sad to say, I am always too late. The fishes expire. And because it is evil to waste anything,I take those dead fishes to market and I sell them for a good price. With the money I receive, I buy more nets so I can save more fishes."
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