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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Jan 22, 2000
Pros: unique, story has many levels of interpretation, can be read again and again
Cons: may be hard to understand
Summary: _The Woman Warrior_ weaves in and out of fantasy, through dreams and myths, and reality in a depiction of the world through the mind and eyes of the author. Much of the beauty and originality of the book lies in the mystery and unanswered questions ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 6, 2008
Pros: Interesting format, poetically told celebration of women
Cons: None, unless you are particularly attached to a linear storyline
Summary: Probably most intriguing about the structure of Maxine Hong Kingston’s Woman Warrior, beginning with "No Name Woman” and ending in A Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe,” is that it characterizes Maxine Hong Kingston’s memoir, told in the ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 30, 2008
Pros: Excellent: well written and powerful stories about the strife of women
Cons: none
Summary: Like Maxine Kingston, when I reached childbearing age, my mother told me a story about a local village girl back in Africa. The girl was only a teenager, but she was pregnant with a child out of wedlock. When her family discovered her pregnancy, they ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 19, 2003
Pros: An incredible journey through the psyche of mental conflict
Cons: Cultural references may make it hard for non-Asians to relate
Summary: Even though I am a first generation American in my Asian refugee family, I feel that Maxine Hong Kingston's literary masterpiece will appeal to all people, young and old, and of any denomination. Each and every one of us at some point must face a ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 16, 2001
Pros: Quick read. Average vocabulary. Interesting stories.
Cons: Left me confused.
Summary: The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston was just one of many books that I had to purchase for my World Literature class. Seeing as I haven't done much this summer I thought I'd get a head start on my reading.
This book ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 19, 2000
Pros: Exemplary Asian American literature, Very popular College textbook
Cons: Complex and nonlinear, difficult to grasp
Summary: I read the Woman Warrior for my college composition course. I wrote the final paper about that book. I see the book as an attempt of Maxine Hong Kingston, who is an America born Chinese, to find her individuality and own voice in the battle against ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 11, 2000
Pros: Writing Style contributes to heightened understanding,
Cons: Oftentimes, time reference is confusing
Summary: The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston, is an exquisitely beautiful book that combines both Chinese mythology and biography in order to tell the story of her own search for an identity by combining the culture of China with the culture of America. In ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 15, 1999
Pros: colorful language.the author has a gift for inner monologue
Cons: may be too female oriented for the men, who actually miss out by not reading this.
Summary: So, you thought Mulan was entertaining, but it just, I don't know, missed something....so, you've come to "The woman warrior", and good thing you did too...
Maxine does a wonderful job juxtapositioning the ancient stories that the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 11, 1999
Pros: Provoking, Beautiful, Imaginative and Different
Cons: None
Summary: Maxine Hong Kingston's novel, "The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Childhood Among Ghosts", is a masterpiece that weaves the stories of a young girl learning to grow up and finding her own "voice" and identity as both Chinese and American ... read more
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ISBN13: 9780679721888. ISBN10: 0679721886. by Maxine Hong Kingston. Published by Random House, Inc.. Edition: 76
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Free Worldwide Delivery : The Woman Warrior : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9780679721888 : 0679721886 : 31 Dec 1989 : Sensitive account of growi...
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ISBN13: 9780808589761. ISBN10: 0808589768. by Maxine Kingston. Published by San Val, Inc.. Edition: 89
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