The Mother

by Pearl S. Buck
The Mother
published
May 1993 by Moyer Bell
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302 pages

isbn
1559210915   (isbn13: 9781559210911)

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Within this novel Ms. Buck paints the portrait of a poor woman living in a remote village whose joys are few and hardships are many. As the ancient ...more





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Robert Beveridge
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01/23/08

bookshelves: finished, owned-and-gave-away
Read in June, 2003
Pearl S. Buck, The Mother (Pocket, 1934)

It is hard to know what to make of this early novel (her fourth) by Pearl S. Buck, who had won the Pulitzer Prize the year before for The Good Earth (her second) and would, in a few years, be a Nobel laureate. Hard because it is difficult to reconcile such a widely-acclaimed author with a novel such as this.

In her autobiography, Buck mentions that she almost destroyed the manuscript of The Mother, fearing it wasn't as good as her previously published n...more
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Candice
Read in September, 2008
recommended to Candice by: Missy
One of the women in my book group recommended this, and we discussed it yesterday. Another of our members, a retired college English professor, is an expert on Pearl S. Buck, and she led the discussion. I had read The Good Earth years ago and looked forward to another book by Mrs. Buck.

It's the story of a mother in China, probably in the 1920's. The life is unbelievably difficult for this poor peasant woman, but she shoulders her b...more
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Tracy
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03/15/08

I was on a Pearl S. Buck kick for awhile. It was interesting to read about the mother's position in Chinese culture. The wife of he first-born son moves into the parents house with her husband, and serves his parents. Eventually the son and his wife will own the land, and make the decisions, but not until they have a son. Bearing a son in their society is the entire purpose of the woman's existence. If you don't bear sons, you are no good.

This book was very good, but when I started another ...more
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Maryam
قلم پرل باک را خیلی دوست دارم. غیر از زنانه نویسی، بسیار مسلط است بر داستانهایش. نکته مهم اینکه نژاد چینی ندارد ولی تمام آثارش درباره چین است. این درست که سالها آنجا زندگی کرده ولی بیشتر شبیه قصه گوهاست. از روایتش لذت می برم.مادر را بعد از " باد شرق ، باد غرب" و " نسل اژدها&q...more
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Amie
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01/25/08

Read in October, 2007
Being in Okinawa, a place with a huge influence from China, this book was so insightful. As an American raised in China, Pearl Buck has a unique perspective on the Chinese culture. But what I love about this book is that it tells a tale of mothers, and how beautifully and wonderfully the cycle of life moves along inspite of life's pain and hardship.
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Saba
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06/22/07

How fantasticly she figures the cruelity and poverty of a society. The conversations are limited but it's not difficult to feel the blue and the lonliness of the "Mother",,
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Lee
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03/03/08

bookshelves: 20th-century-classics, realism-naturalism
Have read this many times. It is a great book.
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Anna
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08/08/07

bookshelves: china, fiction
Again, not THE book but certainly a good read.
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Read in June, 1995
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JAyezeye Nobel gerefte!!!
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10/12/07

a favorite
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10/10/08

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avg rating (all editions): 3.68 (185 ratings)
avg rating (this edition): 3.62 (159 ratings)
number of reviews: 11







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