- Paperback: 245 pages
- Publisher: Cheng & Tsui (September 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0887272223
- ISBN-13: 978-0887272226
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #605,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4.9 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews)
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Compelling, Moving, Often Disturbing, May 7 2000
By Stephanie Kiesewetter - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Butcher's Wife and Other Stories (Paperback)
The Butchers Wife will grab you and force you to keep reading. It will often disturb you, and you will feel as if you are engaging in an act of Voyeurism. At points you will be too disgusted to go on, but you will. The discussion of rape and violence in this book is so graphic and true that as a reader of Chin Lin Shi's horrible abuse you will feel more like a friend to her than of a simple witness.I constantly wanted to reach into the story and pull Lin Shi out and give her a safe place to be. I was extremely disturbed by the sexual subjectation that she (and through her, and women in China) have to endure. It really made me stop and think about what do men in America (not to mention other places in the world) say about women behind closed doors.
This is a definate must read. It is moving, and compelling. But my advice is, don't read it alone. Have a girlfriend, or a trusted male friend nearby to discuss the disturbing images that you will encounter.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Read at your own risk, Dec 4 2002
By John Craig XI "eleven is eleven" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Butcher's Wife and Other Stories (Paperback)
I've finally read "The Butcher's Wife" by Li Ang. It is almost definately one of the most amazing novels I have ever read. In a short three hours I felt almost every emotion that I could have felt. There is so much involved within this novel, and I beg you to experience this for yourself. I will warn you that few book stores carry it and almost no library's do that will allow it to leave their grounds.I dare you to take a real chance with this novel.
JXI
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The Butcher's Wife, Mar 7 2000
By Amy Willerth - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Butcher's Wife and Other Stories (Paperback)
The Butcher's Wife by Li Ang is a shocking story about the life that one woman had to live. She was constantly abused and degraded by her husband. This book gives a sense of reality into how bad sexual oppression really is. It describes vividly the horror this woman went through and how she decided to take charge. This book will keep you reading for it describes thoroughly this one woman's conquest to overcome her biggest fear, the fear of her own husband.
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