Honestly, although the book has been pretty interesting, I took a long time to read it. The story is based on ancient China- the sublimated value people had on certain materials, and how they looked at their life.
I was just thinking of my mother, as to how she toiled in her life, and everyday she says she is devoid of peace today when she is supposed to be at the end of the tunnel and see bright light. I told her to console her, and also realized something myself when I said it not knowing how I felt it : "peace is never eternal. As long as we are alive, peace is intermittent to prepare us to face the tough side of our commitments"
My mother understood what I meant in a positive way, and I realized what I told her was true when I read of Wang Lung in his old age.
Another aspect, as to how we are driven to certain bizarre things in life whether we are rich/poor, sad/happy, and are to live with it.
O-Lan's character would have surely annoyed the feminists, but I found her a very interesting character supporting the man when he was right and wrong. Not everyone get such a person to share a life with. This anyhow does not justify what Wang Lung did to her. But it is a typical old story.
Also Wang Lung reminded me of the old man from the short story or extract"Refugee" that I read when i was in my degree college, as to how a farmer loves his land.
This story seems familiar as we have seen/heard a lot of such stories of men who made their wealth and a destiny, and how their children react to it.
The book makes me want to know (sadly because I cannot read long scripts in tamil) the concept of "Netru Indru Naalai" of Shiva Sankari. I am told that the woman predicted the change in three generations. This book was like an english version of it, if Netru Indru Naalai is all that I have heard from my mother.
Current Track: Aur aahista kijiye baatein- Pankaj Udas
Current Book: The Money Changers- Arthur Hailey
I was just thinking of my mother, as to how she toiled in her life, and everyday she says she is devoid of peace today when she is supposed to be at the end of the tunnel and see bright light. I told her to console her, and also realized something myself when I said it not knowing how I felt it : "peace is never eternal. As long as we are alive, peace is intermittent to prepare us to face the tough side of our commitments"
My mother understood what I meant in a positive way, and I realized what I told her was true when I read of Wang Lung in his old age.
Another aspect, as to how we are driven to certain bizarre things in life whether we are rich/poor, sad/happy, and are to live with it.
O-Lan's character would have surely annoyed the feminists, but I found her a very interesting character supporting the man when he was right and wrong. Not everyone get such a person to share a life with. This anyhow does not justify what Wang Lung did to her. But it is a typical old story.
Also Wang Lung reminded me of the old man from the short story or extract"Refugee" that I read when i was in my degree college, as to how a farmer loves his land.
This story seems familiar as we have seen/heard a lot of such stories of men who made their wealth and a destiny, and how their children react to it.
The book makes me want to know (sadly because I cannot read long scripts in tamil) the concept of "Netru Indru Naalai" of Shiva Sankari. I am told that the woman predicted the change in three generations. This book was like an english version of it, if Netru Indru Naalai is all that I have heard from my mother.
Current Track: Aur aahista kijiye baatein- Pankaj Udas
Current Book: The Money Changers- Arthur Hailey
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