Teaser Tuesdays, hosted by MizB, asks you to choose two sentences at random from your current read. Include the author and title for readers.
Pearl of China: A Novel
by Anchee Min (Hardcover - March 30, 2010)
celebrates an incredible friendship and brings new color to the life of Pearl S. Buck, a woman whose unwavering love for the country of her youth eventually led her to be hailed as a national heroine in China."
by Anchee Min (Hardcover - March 30, 2010)"You stole my father's wallet!" Pearl yelled.Publisher's description: "In the small southern China town of Chin-kiang, in the last days of the nineteenth century, two young girls bump heads and become thick as thieves. Willow is the only child of a destitute family. Pearl is the headstrong daugher of zealous Christian missionaries. She will grow up to become Pearl S. Buck, the Nobel Prize-winning writer and activist, but for now she is just a girl embarrassed by her blond hair and enchanted by her new Chinese friend....Pearl of China
No, I didn't." I imagined the food the money in the wallet could buy. (ch. 2) .
celebrates an incredible friendship and brings new color to the life of Pearl S. Buck, a woman whose unwavering love for the country of her youth eventually led her to be hailed as a national heroine in China."About the author: Anchee Min was born in China in 1957 and endured the Cultural Revolution. She was sent to a labor camp, was recruited there by Madame Mao's talent scouts to be come an actress in propaganda films. She moved to the U.S. in 1984.
Her first book is the memoir, Red Azalea, which became an international bestseller.
I've read Pearl Buck's The Good Earth and am really interested in the novel about her childhood in China, especially the history of the turbulent period of the time. The cover, the title, and the information on the book jacket caught my attention at the library. Author Anchee Min's memoir, Red Azalea, is also on my TBR list.
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ReplyDeleteI have not read any of her books-however she has been on my wish list for awhile.
ReplyDeleteI have heard wonderful things about The Good Earth, and Pearl of China has been coming to my attention, too. Thanks for the teaser!
ReplyDeleteGood teaser. I've heard a lot of good things about this one.
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This sound extraordinary. While I tend to read only YA, I think I will have to treat myself to an adult read. The Good Earth was one of my favorite childhood reads. Thanks for this teaser.
ReplyDeleteGreat teaser, I think I'd like to read this one. I have two more teasers this week at The Crowded Leaf.
ReplyDeleteOooo... I've been wanting to read this one. Thanks for the teaser. My teaser this week comes from The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Here's the link.
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I liked The Good Earth quite a lot but I suspect that Buck's own life is even more fascinating than her novels. And Min would be a great author to do a fictionalized treatment of Buck's life.
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This sounds like a fascinating book. I want to know more!
ReplyDeleteI haven't read anything yet by this author, but the book does sound intriguing.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason the Teaser made me laugh. It's cute. I would love to read this book.
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This is a great idea, to write about Pearl S. Buck's childhood. She really had a fascinating life.
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These sound beautiful and powerful. Thanks for the teaser! :-)
ReplyDeleteAh, this one sounds quite interesting. I adored The Good Earth - so if this one is in the same vein, then, I'll have to add it to my list. Great teaser! And thanks for coming by my blog earlier. *grin*
ReplyDeleteI am so looking forward o Pearl of China...great teaser.
ReplyDeletevery cool. always looking for a good read...perhaps i will check this one out...
ReplyDeleteWell, when he puts it like that you can almost understand him stealing the wallet!
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Hmm...I've never read books from Chinese author. I might start reading one someday
ReplyDeleteThis is a definite for my TBR list. Appreciate your synopsis of the book and recommendations for additional reading by same author. How interesting to track two little girls who are so different, but still become friends?
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Wonderful teaser... the book synopsis sounds brilliant too... I've been to China so I love reading stories set there.
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You can hear a recording of an interview with Anchee Min, including her reading of a selection from her novel “Pearl of China,” at the online journal International Accents.
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This was taped as part of the University of Iowa International Programs series “Prairie InSight.” It was taped on April 26, 2010, at Prairie Lights Books, downtown Iowa City, Iowa.
Min talks about what Pearle Buck means to China (as one of the "top friends" of China), and then gives personal accounts to explain her background. Among her stories, she shares about growing up visiting her grandmother, who had bound feet, and how the experience of talking with her grandmother led her to embrace Mao's conception of women's liberation. She talks about having tapeworm when she was 14, and her failed attempts to hide it.
Take a listen - her personal accounts give incredible perspective to her voice as a writer, making her writing come alive even more. (reading from the book starts at 24:28)
Jodi: Thanks for the link. I'll listen to it soon as I would love to hear Min read from her book and talk about her experiences.
ReplyDeleteI've got this one on my TBR list, too. Sounds really interesting. Love the teaser!
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