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A historical fiction novel about a Chinese woman who chooses a concubine for her husband, causing a stir in her family. Read reviews, ratings, and book details of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Good Earth.
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- A 1946 Review of Pavilion of Women
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From the original review by Laura Scott Meyers in the El Paso Herald-Post, December 1946: Anyone who has read a considerable number of Pearl Buck’s books approaches each new one with a definite expectation that it will be excellent if it is about China, but only mediocre if its setting is elsewhere. Pavilion of Womenis in the happy tradition of Mrs...
“Do not test the measure of his love for you by the way he expresses his body’s heat. He is not thinking of you at those times. He is thinking of himself.” . . . . . . . . . . “I will spend the rest of my life assembling my own mind and my own soul. I will take care of my body carefully, not that it may any more please a man, but because it houses ...
2001 film version of Pavilion of WomenA novel about a Chinese woman who renounces her marriage and seeks spiritual freedom and knowledge. Read a 1946 review, quotes, and a film adaptation of this classic book by the Nobel Prize-winning author.
Pavilion of Women is a 2001 Chinese-American drama film directed by Yim Ho and written by Luo Yan and Paul Collins. The film stars Willem Dafoe, Luo Yan, Sau Sek, John Cho, Yi Ding and Koh Chieng Mun. The film was released on April 20, 2001 in China and on May 4, 2001 in the United States by Universal Focus. [2]
Nov 16, 2001 · A film based on Pearl S. Buck's novel about a wealthy family in China facing the challenges of war and modernization. The story explores the forbidden romances of a priest, a wife, a concubine and a son in a turbulent time.
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May 4, 2001 · A 2001 adaptation of Pearl Buck's novel about a Chinese aristocrat's wife who falls in love with an American doctor. Critics panned the film for its melodrama, stilted performances, and cheesy dialogue.
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In Pavilion of Women, Pearl Buck follows the consequences that flow from a woman’s decision to stop sleeping with her husband after celebrating her fortieth birthday – and to select a concubine to fill that role in his life.
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4.5 3,653 ratings. See all formats and editions. On her fortieth birthday, Madame Wu carries out a decision she has been planning for a long time: she tells her husband that after twenty-four years their physical life together is now over and she wishes him to take a second wife.
