BOOK

The eternal wonder : a novel

Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973

2013

Overview

\"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.

• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Subject: Love stories. / Racially mixed people Fiction. / Families Fiction.
• ISBN: 9781480439702, 1480439703

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS3503.U198 E86 2013	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE