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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9781559212878
ISBN number: 155921287X
Label: Moyer Bell
Manufacturer: Moyer Bell
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 316
Printing Date: 2001
Publishing house: Moyer Bell
Sale Popularity Level: 40836
Studio: Moyer Bell
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From the author of The Good Earth comes the story of Madame Wu, a woman whose surprising decision to retire from married life and select a concubine for her husband upsets her extended household. 'A searching, adult study of women written with high seriousness and sympathy.' - The New York Times Book Review
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Another excellent Pearl Buck Book. A study of the Chinese culture and the role of women within the culture.
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This book is wonderful--a captivating read, and Madame Wu is possibly the most dynamic, interesting, surprising and lovable character I've ever read. The story goes much deeper than you expect it to, and is ultimately an investigation into freedom, the spirit, and the nature of love and knowledge.
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At 40, Madame Wu discovers what love is and what it is not as she invites a young village foundling into her home as 2nd wife. She is composed and beautiful and intimidating, but discovers that love is finding your true self. Beautifully written and a story that keeps me intrigued until the last page.
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I love Pearl Buck's books. She is so adept at taking the reader right into a foreign world and making it understandable. One begins to see how we are all really the same underneath our outward appearances and social customs. In this book, wealtlhy Madame Wu changes the course of her entire family's lives because of her strong desires to ultimately satisfy self. At first, her actions appear to be somewhat self-sacrificing in a certain way. Some readers may find her attitudes and actions quite modern, but there are far-reaching consequences to those actions and one wonders how selfless those actions really are in the end. I found the surprise turn in Madame Wu's relationship/feelings for the exiled priest to be a bit far-fetched for a wealthy Chinese woman of her time, but life can take odd twists and turns. To me this book is a moral tale of actions and consequences. I do not belive she or her family were better off in the end in spite of her taking over the care of the priest's orphans. Very interesting reading...food for thought.
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The movie was good but it doesn't follow the book and the book is much better.
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