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The Rouge of the North
by Eileen Chang

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Author: Eileen Chang
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-08-10
ISBN: 0520210875
Number of pages: 185
Publisher: University of California Press

Book Reviews of The Rouge of the North

Book Review: Excellent!
Summary: 5 Stars

Eileen Chang has created a vivid and poignant portrait of a young who is trapped in a traditional, patriachal system. Yindi, a lower-class girl, is forced into an unhappy marriage. Her husband is ineffectual and somewhat infantile. Blind and addicted to opium, he can not defend Yindi and himself. Yindi's mother-in-law, Old Mistress, is also a victim of the system herself. She turns her power onto everyone in the house. In reality, after her death, none of her sons gets a dime. In the end, Yindi mistakens her madness as her power. Her insanity escalates as China goes through drastic changes. Chang's prose is captivating; it keeps spinning the fascinating, complex of Yindi. The descriptions are vividly drawn. Chang wrote this novel in English (no translation).

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