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Title: Anna May Wong: A Complete Guide to Her Film, Stage, Radio and Television Work by Philip Leibfried, Chei Mi Lane ISBN: 0-7864-1633-5 Publisher: McFarland & Company Pub. Date: December, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.92 (12 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Reply to "Shang"
Comment: To the reader who calls himself Shang: I am the main author of this work and am sorry that you feel that you have misspent your money. No one, certainly not I, forced you to buy the book, though your purchase is certainly appreciated. As for the timing of its publication, you must realize that Mr. Lane and I spent a number of years collecting the information found therein; we did not know of the two biographies because they were conceived far more recently. We welcomed their appearance, however, figuring that our book would be bought in conjunction with one of those in order for readers to have a complete picture of the woman who was Anna May Wong. Our book was a labor of love; as admirers of Miss Wong and her achievements, we did our utmost to present readers with every aspect of her lengthy career, which had previously been covered in but a few articles, mostly of mine. Further, the book is intended as a reference work, no shame there; it is precisely what it purports to be. If you can do better, then do so and keep your petty complaints to yourself.
You said nothing of the numerous rare photos or the many contemporary reviews concerning her lost films. The prologue says better than any referral to "Daoist" theories what difficulties Miss Wong faced in attaining her goals. Did these add nothing to the value of the book in your opinion?
Your are bold with your statements, sir, but too timid to even identify yourself, thereby attaching no credence to your comments. Certainly our grammar is far superior to yours - "costed;" "mistakened;" "does not worth much"????? Where did you get those terms - from a World War II PRC movie? It's pidgin English at its worst, pal.
Rating: 4
Summary: Author's reply
Comment: There used to be a place for authors to respond to reviews by readers, and I am not sure what happened to that link. I responded to your queries, and did not go overboard with praise for my book. I can tell you that unlike the other authors we checked our facts out at our cost and time. You are being unfair in your comparisons, and it sounds as if you have a personal problem with the book.
Again, our facts were checked out. Others were not. Had not Amazon taken that link, I would be able to respond as an author.
Chei Mi Lane
Rating: 1
Summary: shame?!
Comment: If you are members of the intellecutal world, at least you should know that it is very shameful for authors to pretend as readers to defend your books violently?! unless you are below that bottom line. shame!!!
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Title: Perpetually Cool: The Many Lives of Anna May Wong, 1905-1961 (Filmmakers Series, 103) by Anthony B. Chan ISBN: 0810847892 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield (Non NBN) Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Anna May Wong : From Laundryman's Daughter to Hollywood Legend by Graham Russell Gao Hodges ISBN: 0312293194 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: 03 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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