MANDALA; A novel of India
de Buck, Pearl S
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- Librería
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: The John Day Company, 1970. Book Club Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo, yellow cloth, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a mandala, [vi] + 376 pages. Exceptional Condition for a Scarce title by Pearl Buck (1892-1973) a Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author, whose life and creative works were deeply involved with China and the Orient. Mandala is a relatively Uncommon title. It is a novel about India as it moved from the rule of princes to exploitative businesses that led to enormous social complications.
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El Mar 31 2012, Freemason dijo:
Just finished reading the book "Mandala," published in 1970. Exceptional story, well written and using historical names and storyline. The writing is more fluid than "Good Earth" and "Mandala."At least these two books, the english was different, and perhaps strange to the reader. Whereas "Mandala" was written, apparently closer to the author's end of life time.I liked the story, it was interesting in depicting the changes from the "Raj" to the new India, the unification of all the individual princely states.Very symbolic, a lot of wisdom to be learned from it. It explores the remaining, even if symbolic, leadership obligations of the Maharana, and how in the primitive (from the sense of old customs / belief, social hierarchy) and tribal society things work. The conflict of the East vs. West ideas is great. At times it seems that love will conquer all, and the reader hopes for a romantic end out of the tangled relationships, but alas it was not to be.The malicious cook and the priest ("good servants") meddle to thwart the budding romance between the daughter and the "american" young man, and the deep and spiritual romance of the ex-ruler and the spiritual young american girl. The "old, and static world wins out over the new and modernworld. The real love story was doomed from the beginning, while the reader hopes for a grand triumph of love!I enjoyed this book greatly, and recommend it to all readers for a spiritual experience!
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Detalles
- Librería
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1735
- Título
- MANDALA; A novel of India
- Autor
- Buck, Pearl S
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Book Club Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- The John Day Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1970
- Palabras clave
- Prince, priest, China, death, love, tiger hunts, lower casts, Bhils, missionaries
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Lake Forest, Illinois
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- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...