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Loading... EAST WIND: WEST WIND [East Wind: West Wind ] BY Buck, Pearl S.(Author)Paperback 05-Apr-1995 (original 1929; edition 1995)by Pearl S. Buck
Work InformationEast Wind, West Wind by Pearl S. BUCK (1929)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 8401813042 A gentle, well-told tale of pre-Revolution China. A girl from a traditional upper class home is given in an arranged marriage to a man who has traveled in the western lands and learned European/American ways. Love slowly develops between them as she tries to adapt her cloistered upbringing and traditions to his modern ideas. In a final act of commitment, she unbinds her feet. Pearl Buck, straddling as she did these two worlds, brings a gentle understanding and empathy to this story no reviews | add a review
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The classic coming-of-age novel about a young Chinese woman torn between Eastern and Western cultures by the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Good Earth. Kwei-lan is a traditional Chinese girl--taught by her mother to submit in all things, "as a flower submits to sun and rain alike." Her marriage was arranged before she was born. As she approaches her wedding day, she's surprised by one aspect of her anticipated life: Her husband-to-be has been educated abroad and follows many Western ideas that Kwei-lan was raised to reject. When circumstances push the couple out of the family home, Kwei-lan finds her assumptions about tradition and modernity tested even further. East Wind: West Wind is a sensitive, early exploration of the cross-cultural themes that went on to become a hallmark of Buck's acclaimed novels. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author's estate. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.52Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1900-1944LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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