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The eternal wonder : a novel
\"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. 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. Both Rann and Stephanie yearn for a sense of genuine identity. Rann feels plagued by his voracious intellectual curiosity and strives to integrate his life of the mind with his experience in the world. Stephanie feels alienated from society by her mixed heritage and struggles to resolve the culture clash of her existence. Separated for long periods of time, their final reunion leads to a conclusion that even Rann, in all his hard-earned wisdom, could never have imagined. A moving and mesmerizing fictional exploration of the themes that meant so much to Pearl Buck in her life, The Eternal Wonder is perhaps her most personal and passionate work, and will no doubt appeal to the millions of readers who have treasured her novels for generations.\"--p. [2] of cover.
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Peony
The Nobel Prize-winning author's perceptive fable of cross-cultural passions in nineteenth-century China
In 1850s China, a young girl, Peony, is sold to work as a bondmaid for a rich Jewish family in Kaifeng. Jews have lived for centuries in this region of the country, but by the mid-nineteenth century, assimilation has begun taking its toll on their small enclave. When Peony and the family's son, David, grow up and fall in love with one another, they face strong opposition from every side. Tradition forbids the marriage, and the family already has a rabbi's daughter in mind for David.
Long celebrated for its subtle and even-handed treatment of colliding traditions,Peonyis an engaging coming-of-age story about love, identity, and the tragedy and beauty found at the intersection of two disparate cultures.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author's estate.
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الأرض الطيبة
رواية الأرض الطيبة تأليف بيرل باك.. إنها ملحمة جيلين، وصراع على الأرض الطيبة في دلتا النهر الكبير، وسجل حي لتناقض عواطف البشر وتشابكها المعقد. وفيه روح الصين المسالمة، وسيرورة الصين كبلد يعيش في صميم القرن العشرين.. فهو أثر خالد لن يزول. رواية رائعة حقا، شيقة ومثيرة للذهن وللعواطف، تجذب عاطفتك وتسرق مشاعرك، تقتحمك وتسيطر على كيانك حتى تنهي آخر كلماتها، وكأنها الرواية الأنسب لحالتك النفسية والمزاجية، رواية تدخلنا في جو ميتافيزيقي لذيذ. وهي مميزة بسردها السلس ولغتها الواضحة كما أن أسلوب سردها المميز ساهم في تكوين حبكة قوية زادت من عنصر التشويق والإثارة بالرواية. فهي واحدة من أشهر الروايات العالمية.
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A house divided
A man returns to his native China to find upheaval in both his homeland and his family in this novel by a New York Times–bestselling author.
On the eve of a popular rebellion, the Chinese government starts to crack down in cities across the country. Fleeing the turmoil, Wang Yuan, the son of a famous general and grandson of the patriarch of The Good Earth, leaves for America to study agriculture. When he returns to China six years later, he encounters a nation still in the grip of violent uprisings. Unprepared for the social upheaval, Wang is torn by the tensions between old traditions and new ways, and by his formidable family, whose struggles he hopes to solve.
A reflective finale to Buck's groundbreaking and bestselling trilogy, A House Divided is a rich and unforgettable portrait of a family—and a nation—in transition.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author's estate.
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Pavilion of Women
A \"vivid and extremely interesting\" novel of an upper-class Chinese wife's quest for freedom, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Good Earth ( The New Yorker ). At forty, Madame Wu is beautiful and much respected as the wife of one of China's oldest upper-class houses.
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الأرض الطيبة
رواية الأرض الطيبة للمؤلف لبيرل باك، واحدة من الروايات التي تحاول أن تنقل ثقافات العالم بشكل غير مباشر، هي رواية حائزة على جائزة بوليتزر من الكاتبة بيرل باك الأمريكية الفائزة بجائزة الأدب، وهي الجزء الأول من ثلاثية.
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The Good Earth
The Pulitzer Prize–winning, New York Times–bestselling novel about a peasant farmer and his family in early twentieth-century China.
The Good Earth is Buck's classic story of Wang Lung, a Chinese peasant farmer, and his wife, O-lan, a former slave. With luck and hard work, the couple's fortunes improve over the years: They have sons, and save steadily until one day they can afford to buy property in the House of Wang—the very house in which O-lan used to work. But success brings with it a new set of problems. Wang soon finds himself the target of jealousy, and as good harvests come and go, so does the social order. Will Wang's family cherish the estate after he's gone? And can his material success, the bedrock of his life, guarantee anything about his soul?
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the William Dean Howells Award, The Good Earth was an Oprah's Book Club choice in 2004. A readers' favorite for generations, this powerful and beautifully written fable resonates with universal themes of hope and family unity.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author's estate.
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الأم : رواية
تدور رواية \"الأم\" حول سؤال : ما الذي يحدث حين تجد أما شابة فلاحة لا تقرأ ولا تكتب نفسها مهجورة مع أطفالها الثلاثة وحماتها في كوخهم الريفي الصغير والهاجر هو الزوج الحبيب ؟ ماذا تفعل ولا أحد في الدنيا وكأن السبل تقطعت بها ؟، وكيف ستقضي حياتها بعد زوج خرج ولم يعد ولديها مسئولية تنوء بحملها الجبال ؟ ولديها أشواقها الشابة تفور في جسدها كل يوم ؟ أسئلة سيكون لها إجابة متوقعة عند كل قارئ لكن الإجابة عند الروائية بيرل باك غير متوقعة ومفاجأة للجميع، رحلة حياة الأم في هذه الرواية، هي رحلة حياة طبقة بأكملها قبل أن تكون رحلة حياة امرأة، رحلة تمتلئ بتفاصيل ممتعة شائقة ومؤلمة في نفس الوقت، وهذا المزيج هو أكثر ما برعت فيه بيرل باك، من تراجيدية وفلسفة وسياسة.
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God's Men
Youthful friends in turn-of-the-century China reunite years later in America, in this New York Times bestseller by the author of The Good Earth. This deeply felt novel tells the story of William Lane and Clem Miller, Americans who meet in China as youths at the end of the nineteenth century.
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