1939
Reviewed by Marianne
from Let's Read
Pearl
S. Buck was always a great writer of historical fiction. Here, she
talks about the problems between China and Japan during Chiang
Kai-Chek's time and the Sino-Japanese war.
A mixed marriage
brings two families together, and nobody can tell the story of two
cultures clashing better than the Nobel Prize winning author.
The
history intermingles with the lives of the protagonists - it would, of
course, and we can see how politics influence the family and how their
reactions influence their lives.
As all books by Pearl S. Buck, a great tale of different cultures.
From the back cover:
"A Chinese dissident is torn between love and country in this novel from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Good Earth.
When
Wu I-wan starts taking an interest in revolution, trouble follows:
Winding up in prison, he becomes friends with fellow dissident En-lan.
Later, his name is put on a death list and he’s shipped off to Japan.
Thankfully, his father, a wealthy Shanghai banker, has made arrangements
for his exile, putting him in touch with a business associate named Mr.
Muraki. Absorbed in his new life, I-wan falls in love with Mr. Muraki’s
daughter, and must prove he is worthy of her hand. As news spreads of
what the Japanese army is doing back in China, I-wan realizes he must go
back and fight for the country that banished him."
Pearl S. Buck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938 "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces".
Read my other reviews of the Nobel Prize winners for Literature.
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