Pearl S Buck

"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,...

The story of Tzu Hsi, the last Empress of China -- her self-involved life and her rise to power parallels the story of China's transition from the ancient to the modern way.

His family and village swept away by a tidal wave, Jiya learns to live with the ever-present dangers from the sea and volcano.

When the Japanese take Nanking, Ling Tan and his family must adjust to the changes in their lives and become guerilla fighters.

Searching for inspiration & a suitable subject for his paintings, the son of a wealthy family comes across a simple country home with a lovely daughter. Struck by her beauty & simplicity, he paints his best picture ever of her working in her parents' kitchen. Returning to the wealthy world of his parents, he cannot forget the girl & returns to marry her. The book follows the subsequent ups & downs of a marriage between a poor hard-working girl and...