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008			231123s2013 nyu 000 1 eng d
020			_a9781480439702
040			_cDLC
082	0	4	_aFIC BUC _223
100	1		_aBuck, Pearl S. _d1892-1973
245	1	4	_aThe eternal wonder : _ba novel / _cPearl S. Buck
260			_aNew York : _bOpen Road Integrated Media, _cc2013.
300			_a288 p. ; _c21 cm
520			_aThe 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.
546			_aEnglish
650		0	_aRomance fiction
650		0	_aRacially mixed people _vFiction
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction
655		7	_aBildungsromans _2gsafd
942			_2ddc _cMO
999			_c241443 _d241443