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S'està carregant… Portrait of a Marriage (1948)de Pearl S. Buck
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. This is about a marriage between a wealthy man who finds a young girl in a country village and decides to paint her. Although their backgrounds are different, they are drawn to eachother. Beautifully written of course, but sad and somewhat tedious after a while. I have loved everything else of Pearl Buck that I have read, but I am not sure about this book. Was marriage a mistake, or was it not? ( ) When William Barton and Ruth Harnsbarger meet by chance and fall in love they know that their marriage will be a challenging one because they come from two very different worlds. His family is one of the wealthiest in America, and his life revolves around his painting. Her's is made up of poor farmers who have lived in the same house for generations and look down on William for his inability to do any real work. In spite of their drastically different backgrounds, they remain happily married for nearly 50 years and enlarge their family with three children and numerous grandchildren. This isn't one of Buck's best novels because she tries to do too much instead of focusing in on a single theme. In the beginning of the book, the dynamic between William and Ruth's two opposing worlds is the focus. In the middle, it switches to how the family is affected by World War I and World War II. By the end, it concentrates on how William and Ruth's differences have been passed down to the children and grandchildren. Altogether, the book is ok, and the story seems a bit dated. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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A wealthy painter falls in love with an illiterate Pennsylvania farm girl in this novel from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Good Earth. At the turn of the century, an upper-class painter from Philadelphia goes searching for inspiration. He finds his muse on a farm--the farmer's beautiful and humble daughter. His portrait of her becomes one of his most inspired works, but his passion for the illiterate girl doesn't stop at the easel: He returns to marry her and settle down to country life--a journey that means bridging enormous gaps between their cultures, breaking from his parents, and creating tension between their friends. Pearl S. Buck compassionately imagines both sides of the complex marriage, and in addition, creates a wonderfully vivid picture of America leading up to the Second World War. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author's estate. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)813.52Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1900-1944LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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