Stephanie feels alienated from society by her mixed heritage and struggles to resolve the culture clash of her existence. Rann feels plagued by his voracious intellectual curiosity and strives to integrate his life of the mind with his experience in the world. Both Rann and Stephanie yearn for a sense of genuine identity. Rann falls for the beautiful and equally brilliant Stephanie Kung, who lives in Paris with her Chinese father and has no contact with her American mother, who abandoned the family when Stephanie was six years old. The Eternal Wonder tells the coming-of-age story of Randolph Colfax (Rann for short), an extraordinarily gifted young man whose search for meaning and purpose leads him to New York, England, Paris, a mission patrolling the DMZ in Korea that will change his life forever-and, ultimately, to love. They evoke the simple beauty of the characters and the harsh mystery of China’s ancient culture.” I just love the quiet rhythm of the words. Upon choosing Buck’s novel for her book club in 2004, Oprah Winfrey said: “Reading Pearl Buck’s writing feels like reading poetry to me. Buck became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature for The Good Earth, which had already earned her the Pulitzer Prize.
Buck : The Eternal Wonder, Imperial Woman, Pavilion of Women, Peony.įrom the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Good Earth: These three novels are fascinating portraits of women in China. Buck including rare images from the author's estate.The Collected Pearl S. Much has been written about Tzu Hsi, but no other novel recreates her lifethe extraordinary personality, together with the world of court intrigue and the period of national turmoil with which she dealtas well as Imperial Woman.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. When the emperor dies, she finds herself in a role of supreme power, one she'll command for nearly fifty years. Already set apart on account of her beauty, she's determined to be the emperor's favorite, and devotes all of her talent and cunning to the task. Born from a humble background, Tzu Hsi falls in love with her cousin Jung Lu, a handsome guardbut while still a teenager she is selected, along with her sister and hundreds of other girls, for relocation to the Forbidden City. Buck brings to life the amazing story of Tzu Hsi, who rose from concubine status to become the working head of the Qing Dynasty. From the Nobel Prizewinning author ofThe Good Earth: theNew York Timesbestselling biography of Tzu Hsi, the concubine who became China's last empress.
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