02272cam a2200301 i 4500 299631049 TxAuBib 20170727120000.0 131014s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781480439702 pbk. 1480439703 pbk. (OCoLC)860706025 TxAuBib rda Buck, Pearl S. The eternal wonder : a novel / Pearl S. Buck. New York : Open Road Integrated Media, 2013. xiii, 288 pages : paperback ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Lost for forty years, the newly discovered novel by the author of the Good Earth"--Jacket fold. "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. 20170727. Racially mixed people Fiction. Families Fiction. Bildungsromans. Love stories.