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This book, the first single-authored book-length study of Buck's
fiction for over twenty years, shows how Buck's thought developed
through the medium of her fiction - from her early turbulent years
in China to her last lonely days in the United States, with
chapters examining her loss of faith in Christianity, her
reflections on Chinese life during and after the breakdown of Old
China, her voluminous reading, her confrontation with the horrors
of American racism and sexism after her return to the United
States, and her final metaphorical search for home as she
approached death. The book argues that Buck, the first American
woman to win both the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes for literature, was
a heroic forerunner of those who, while occupying a place in the
world, never feel fully at home there; in Buck's case because her
Chinese identity throughout her life struggled with her American.
For this reason Pearl S. Buck's fiction deserves to be considered
alongside that of writers such as Anchee Min, Maxine Hong Kingston
and Amy Tan. The book's central claim is that Buck is a major
novelist, capable of speaking to the distress of our times, richly
deserving the honor she has received in China, and deserving
greater recognition in the United States.
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Stomp the Yard: Homecoming (DVD)
Keith David, Stephen Boss, Collins Pennie, Pooch Hall, Kiely Williams, …
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R23
Discovery Miles 230
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Ships in 10 - 20 working days
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Teen dance musical sequel. In the run-up to a major nationally
televised step-off, rivalries at Truth University are running at an
all-time high. The Theta Nus are counting on Chance Harris (Collins
Pennie) to lead the team to victory - but is he too caught up with
his personal problems to give the competition the focus and energy
it deserves?
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Broken (Blu-ray disc)
Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy, Eloise Lawrence, Robert Emms, Rory Kinnear, …
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R70
Discovery Miles 700
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Ships in 10 - 20 working days
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An eleven-year-old girl finds herself exposed to the inequities of
life in this rite-of-passage drama directed by Rufus Norris. With
her mother having left the family home, Skunk (Eloise Lawrence) now
lives in suburbia with her kind-hearted father Archie (Tim Roth),
her brother Jed (Bill Milner) and Polish au pair Kasia (Zana
Marjanovic). In spite of being a diabetic, Skunk refuses to be
hamstrung by the disease and always approaches life with a smile on
her face. But that all changes when she witnesses a violent attack
on her neighbours' simple-minded son Rick (Robert Emms) by fellow
neighbour Mr. Oswald (Rory Kinnear), who believes, wrongly, that he
has raped one of his daughters.
This book, the first single-authored book-length study of Buck's
fiction for over twenty years, shows how Buck's thought developed
through the medium of her fiction - from her early turbulent years
in China to her last lonely days in the United States, with
chapters examining her loss of faith in Christianity, her
reflections on Chinese life during and after the breakdown of Old
China, her voluminous reading, her confrontation with the horrors
of American racism and sexism after her return to the United
States, and her final metaphorical search for home as she
approached death. The book argues that Buck, the first American
woman to win both the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes for literature, was
a heroic forerunner of those who, while occupying a place in the
world, never feel fully at home there; in Buck's case because her
Chinese identity throughout her life struggled with her American.
For this reason Pearl S. Buck's fiction deserves to be considered
alongside that of writers such as Anchee Min, Maxine Hong Kingston
and Amy Tan. The book's central claim is that Buck is a major
novelist, capable of speaking to the distress of our times, richly
deserving the honor she has received in China, and deserving
greater recognition in the United States.
Here is the true story of Rob Hardy, who in the 1960's was
attempting to escape from an abusive father and street gangs. Lured
by the trapping of Marine dress blues, he joined the United States
Marine Corps. Get into formation and let Rob Hardy, take you on his
first of two tours of duty: "From the Streets of Chicago, to the
Jungles of Vietnam."
Drama starring Boris Kodjoe as David Taylor, a young singer who
turns his back on God and his father's church when tragedy strikes.
He returns years later to find the once powerful congregation in
disarray. With his childhood nemesis creating a 'new vision' for
the church, he is forced to deal with family turmoil, career
suicide, and relationship issues that send him on a collision
course with redemption or destruction.
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