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This book ought to be turned into a movie. Merchant Ivory could do it --& so could Hollywood...anyway--this is a most readable story--deep in every respect. Who are these women: The mother in law--the daughter in law--the twin--the young wife--the maids? Who hatched the scheme? Who really wants to be with whom? How do you replace a dead son--husband--brother? Where do dreams and reality intersect? The characters and we are investigating the spirit world--communication beyond the grave and outside language. And the masks-the perfect metaphor-serene, quite, beautiful, culturally pure-who wears them and why--are they just a part of the ancient culture--like the women's outward appearance--something that adheres to formal requirements--or is something much more complex behind the masks--like the results of the women's activities?
There is plenty to ask--and the book doesn't necessarily TELL YOU the answers--you are left to think about many, many questions. Some people have written that this book is about angry women. I think that is an interesting idea--but I don't see anger I just see women working within the confines of the culture they live in to get what they want. Is that anger or is that how power is actually wielded in the everyday world of men & women's relations. I think the later--but you need to read the book to answer that question for your self. This book is well worth the time to read. The story alone is compelling--the questions it raises will stay with you.
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