The entry begins:I see the movie adaptation of a book as a fantasy version, with the characters gaining a Hollywood level of beauty. So in Green Island, the movie….Learn more about the book and author at Shawna Yang Ryan's website.
The unnamed narrator of Green Island doesn’t give us any hints to how she looks, except that she has long hair in 1971, but I always imagined her as Taiwanese actress Shu Qi. Gorgeous, pillow-lipped and sleepy-eyed—the kind of beauty that seems a bit vulnerable, almost damaged, and oblivious to how stunning she is.
Her husband, Wei, is described as having the broad shouldered build of a hockey player, a Romanesque nose and thick eyebrows. He’s...[read on]
The Page 69 Test: Water Ghosts.
The Page 69 Test: Green Island.
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My Book, The Movie: Green Island.
--Marshal Zeringue
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