The Eternal Wonder
Pearl S. Buck
Lost for forty years, a new novel by the author of The Good EarthThe 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.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Pearl S. BuckPublisher: Open Road MediaPublished: 10/22/2013ISBN: 9781480439702Pages: 304Weight: 0.79lbsSize: 7.91h x 5.40w x 0.94dReview Citations: Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2013Publishers Weekly 11/18/2013Library Journal 01/01/2014 pg. 91Entertainment Weekly 02/20/2015 pg. 22
Book Title
The Eternal Wonder
ISBN
9781480439702
Lost for forty years, a new novel by the author of The Good Earth
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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Pearl S. Buck
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 10/22/2013
ISBN: 9781480439702
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 7.91h x 5.40w x 0.94d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2013
Publishers Weekly 11/18/2013
Library Journal 01/01/2014 pg. 91
Entertainment Weekly 02/20/2015 pg. 22
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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Pearl S. Buck
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 10/22/2013
ISBN: 9781480439702
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 7.91h x 5.40w x 0.94d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2013
Publishers Weekly 11/18/2013
Library Journal 01/01/2014 pg. 91
Entertainment Weekly 02/20/2015 pg. 22
Lost for forty years, a new novel by the author of The Good Earth
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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Pearl S. Buck
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 10/22/2013
ISBN: 9781480439702
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 7.91h x 5.40w x 0.94d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2013
Publishers Weekly 11/18/2013
Library Journal 01/01/2014 pg. 91
Entertainment Weekly 02/20/2015 pg. 22
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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Pearl S. Buck
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 10/22/2013
ISBN: 9781480439702
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 7.91h x 5.40w x 0.94d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2013
Publishers Weekly 11/18/2013
Library Journal 01/01/2014 pg. 91
Entertainment Weekly 02/20/2015 pg. 22