Beyond the Book
In the
novel's foreword Amy Tan informs
readers that Saving Fish...
is loosely based on a true
story, and even reproduces an
article from the San Francisco
Chronicle. However,
confusingly, the San Francisco
Chronicle's own review seems to
imply that no such
story was ever printed. She provides an explanation of her book's title as follows: 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...













