Saving Fish from Drowning
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"Saving Fish from Drowning" is a darkly comic novel by Amy Tan that follows a group of American tourists on a misadventurous trip through China and Burma, narrated by the ghost of their recently deceased patron.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saving Fish from Drowning canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Amy Tan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Chinese American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresCharacter | Bibi Chen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | group of American tourists ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
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contemporary fiction ⓘ dark comedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
Burmese villagers
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Karen tribe members ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
| hasElement |
dark humor
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magical realism ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasMoral | good intentions can lead to harmful consequences ⓘ |
| hasMotiveForce | tour gone wrong ⓘ |
| hasReception | mixed to positive critical reviews ⓘ |
| hasStructure | linear narrative with digressions ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Burmese culture
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Chinese culture ⓘ human rights ⓘ military dictatorship in Burma ⓘ |
| hasTone |
darkly comic
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ironic ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bibi Chen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | posthumous narration ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrator | ghost of Bibi Chen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A group of American tourists on a guided tour of China and Burma go missing, while their deceased organizer Bibi Chen narrates their misadventures as a ghost. ⓘ |
| protagonistGroup | American tourists ⓘ |
| publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Burma
NERFINISHED
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China NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
Western tourism in Asia
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cultural misunderstanding ⓘ identity ⓘ political oppression ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | Burmese saying about unintended consequences ⓘ |
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