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In her acceptance speech upon receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature, Pearl Buck said, "The mind of my own country and of China, my foster country, are alike in many ways, but above all, in our common love of freedom". "East Wind: West Wind" embodies this love of, and struggle for, freedom.
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Pearl S Buck was born in West Virginia and taken to China before the turn of the century. She began writing while in China and published her first novel shortly after returning to this country. Ms Buck won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 for The Good Earth and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is my favourite novel ever, together with East of Eden. I lose count of how many times I have read it and I enjoy it again and again as if it was totally new to me.
Despite the fact that it is Pearl S. Buck's first book, I think it is a masterpiece.
Told in the first person, the narrator is a young Chinese woman who leads us through a path of self-discovery and love.
Even though she is quite traditional to start with,her views expand after her marriage to a westernized man who even convinces her to unbind her feet.
The book is full of beautiful metaphors and one can even see the colours and feel the sometimes oppressive atmosphere of the Chinese courtyards.
Only somebody as fully immersed in the culture as Pearl S. Buck could have written something so masterful and poetical.
Despite the fact that it is Pearl S. Buck's first book, I think it is a masterpiece.
Told in the first person, the narrator is a young Chinese woman who leads us through a path of self-discovery and love.
Even though she is quite traditional to start with,her views expand after her marriage to a westernized man who even convinces her to unbind her feet.
The book is full of beautiful metaphors and one can even see the colours and feel the sometimes oppressive atmosphere of the Chinese courtyards.
Only somebody as fully immersed in the culture as Pearl S. Buck could have written something so masterful and poetical.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Their's is an arranged marriage. She is brought up with traditional Chinese customs regarding marriage and he has been educated in the States as a doctor and has learned some Western ways. You will fall in love with the characters as they fall in love with one another and blend the ways of the East with the ways of the West.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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A fascinating backdrop of traditional Chinese culture coming under challenge from western values in the early 20th century. The main character manages to tread a delicate line between the two and see things from both sides. Others, who are resolutely on one side or other of the divide, fight an increasingly emotional battle against the odds. Much as I enjoyed this novel I think The Good Earth (a later work by the same author) is more sophisticated and compelling. To be fair, though, The Good Earth would beat just about anything.
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