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A novel about a Chinese peasant woman who, after her husband leaves, raises her children alone, struggling with poverty, loneliness and social pressures, in a poignant story of motherhood and endurance.
Mother by Pearl S. Buck is a powerful and moving novel about the life of a poor Chinese peasant woman whose identity is almost entirely reduced to the role of mother. After her husband leaves her, she is left alone with her children and has to deal with hard work, hunger, social condemnation and a constant struggle for bare survival. In a world marked by poverty and patriarchal rules, her everyday life turns into a continuous sacrifice for her family.
The novel follows her internal and external struggle: the need to protect her children, but also loneliness, suppressed desires, humiliation and the hopelessness of a life in which there is little room for personal freedom. Pearl Buck writes simply but powerfully, with much compassion for the heroine and a deep understanding of the social circumstances that shape her fate.
Mother is not only a story about motherhood, but also about the position of women, social injustice and the price of survival. It is a quiet but emotionally powerful novel about endurance, sacrifice, and human dignity, intended for readers who appreciate realistic prose and socially sensitive literary classics.
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