5/22/2023 0 Comments Pearl of china by anchee minBut once the Boxer Rebellion rears its head and Pearl moves on to missionary school in Shanghai, the novel loses steam. The early scenes of their childhood, before history gets in the way, are filled with natural lyricism and engaging drama. As Pearl jokes, “My father is a nut and your father is a crook.” Soon Willow and Pearl become inseparable. Yee is a conniver, his motives both self-serving and earnest as he brings converts to zealous missionary Absalom Sydenstricker, Pearl’s father. Portrayed with intriguing moral ambiguity, Mr. She lives with her impoverished grandmother and father, a coolie and seasonal farmhand despite his education and literary aspirations. Narrator Willow Yee grows up in Chin-Kiang at the turn of the century. Min ( The Last Empress, 2007, etc.) offers an adoring fictional biography of Pearl S.
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