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The Bathing Women (2012)

by Tie Ning(Favorite Author)

3.09 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1451694849 (ISBN13: 9781451694840)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Scribner

review 1: This was a tough read. It was confusing, particularly at the start. It's very wordy, with descriptions of music, art, poetry etc. that are extraneous to the story yet seem to be a pattern with Chinese writers. The book title makes no sense, and the novel's translation from the Chinese leaves much to be desired. Yet there was much to like about this story of childhood friends in contemporary China. Their attitudes and experiences are so different from Americans'; the only commonality between Chinese women and Western ones, at least as presented by these characters, is their expansive capacity to love and forgive.
review 2: This is an enjoyable novel. At times I was reminded of the writer Anais Nin. The characters were interesting. The family relationships were p... moreretty ugly, however, and in the end I felt like the author was trying to tie up these ugly relationships in a bow to make something beautiful of them. In my opinion there are some people you should just cut all ties with, not honor forever because they are related to you by blood. Near the end I found myself skimming. less

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