Woman in the courtyard

Author: Pearl S. Buck
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: Before the War of Resistance against Japan, in a wealthy family in a Jiangnan town, the wife of the Wu family intends to take a concubine for her husband, ostensibly to fulfill her wifely duties, but in reality to break free from the cage of a loveless marriage. Meanwhile, the wife of the Wu family meets a foreign missionary, Andre, who is teaching her son at home. The collision of different cultural backgrounds and values between the East and the West in their exchanges, and the budding of love, also quietly flourish in the deep courtyard. This book is one of the important works of the Nobel Prize-winning American author Pearl S. Buck. The old China depicted in her writing is lifelike and provides modern Chinese readers with a rather unique perspective. Whether in terms of the author's status, the literary value of the work, or its readability, it is of the highest caliber. The film adapted from this novel, a co-production between China and the United States, was shown in cinemas nationwide and received widespread acclaim.