East Wind: West Wind

Author: Pearl S. Buck
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Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B008F4NS66

East Wind: West Wind: The Saga of a Chinese Family (Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck)

Nobel winner Pearl S.

Buck's classic debut novel, about one Chinese woman's coming of age as she's torn between Eastern and Western cultures
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.AEast Wind: West Wind is a sensitive, early exploration of the

East Wind: West Wind

Buck's classic debut novel, about one Chinese woman's coming of age as she's torn between Eastern and Western cultures
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
uck's classic debut novel, about one Chinese woman's coming of age as she's torn between Eastern and Western cultures
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.AEast Wind: West Wind is a sensitive, early exploration of the

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