Pavilion of Women (Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck)

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This Hardcover Book item from Moyer Bell Ltd was reviewed on 10-Dec-2008.

Search ISBN:9990234868 offer from Abebooks or used books from Alibris. Pavilion of Women (Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck) Reference Book. Classifications : 20th Century United States World Literature Literature & Fiction Subjects Books Contemporary Literature & Fiction Subjects Books General AAS Literature & Fiction Subjects Books Hardcover Binding (bind .

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1) Hardcover Book Pavilion of Women (Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck) by Moyer Bell Ltd. Another excellent Pearl Buck Book. A study of the Chinese culture and the role of women within the culture.¤

2) Hardcover Book Pavilion of Women (Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck) by Moyer Bell Ltd. 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.¤

3) Hardcover Book Pavilion of Women (Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck) by Moyer Bell Ltd. 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.¤

4) Hardcover Book Pavilion of Women (Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck) by Moyer Bell Ltd. 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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5) Hardcover Book Pavilion of Women (Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck) by Moyer Bell Ltd. The movie was good but it doesn´t follow the book and the book is much better.¤

6) Hardcover Book Pavilion of Women (Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck) by Moyer Bell Ltd. A Pulitzer Prize-winning Author
A Nobel Prize-winning Author

Many of Pearl Buck´s award-winning novels dealt largely with the peasants, the plain people of China, whose lives - though sturdy and dramatic - were rarely complex, whose thoughts and words were simple and direct. In Pavilion of Women, the story is of a great family of the landed gentry, well-to-do, cultivated, aware and in the midst of the variety of human experience.¤

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