{"product_id":"east-wind-west-wind","title":"East Wind: West Wind","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo worlds collide. One family must decide what to hold on to.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor Kwei-lan, a young Chinese woman raised to follow the customs of her ancestors, marriage is supposed to be the beginning of a predictable life. Instead, her husband, a doctor educated in the West, challenges nearly everything she has been taught to believe. As Kwei-lan slowly comes to understand his ideas, she begins to question her own assumptions about marriage, family, and what it means to be a woman. The tension deepens when her brother returns from America with an American wife, forcing the family to confront a relationship that violates their expectations and traditions. Through these intimate family conflicts, Pearl S. Buck captures a China caught between an older way of life and a rapidly changing world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA story of cultural change:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The novel explores the meeting of traditional Chinese customs with Western ideas about marriage, family, education, and individual freedom.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKwei-lan's awakening:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Her journey from obedience to greater independence gives the novel its emotional center.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFamily under pressure:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Her brother's marriage to an American woman forces the family to confront questions of loyalty, tradition, and acceptance.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA portrait of a changing China:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Published in 1930, the novel reflects the social and cultural upheavals of early twentieth-century China.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuck's first novel:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEast Wind: West Wind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was published in 1930 and was the beginning of a remarkable literary career that soon produced \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Good Earth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — Elegant print edition presenting the complete, unabridged text, and ships in 3–5 business days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — Elegant print edition presenting the complete, unabridged text, and ships in 5–7 business days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEPUB\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — DRM-free, compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers. Instant download after purchase.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudiobook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged. Available on Audible, Spotify, Apple Books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEast Wind: West Wind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is both a family story and a portrait of a society in transition. With its focus on love, tradition, independence, and cultural misunderstanding, it offers an accessible introduction to the themes that would become central to Pearl S. Buck's celebrated fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePearl S. Buck (1892–1973)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was an American novelist, translator, and humanitarian whose life and work were deeply shaped by her childhood in China. The daughter of Presbyterian missionaries, she grew up speaking both English and Chinese and drew extensively on her experience of Chinese society in her writing. Her best-known novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Good Earth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932, and in 1938 she became the first American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. 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