East Wind: West Wind by Pearl S. Buck read by Michele Fry | Full Audio Book

East Wind: West Wind by Pearl S. Buck (1892 - 1973)
Genre(s): Historical Fiction

Read by: Michele Fry in English

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Chapter 1, Part 1 begins
00:12:42 - 02 - Chapter 2
00:37:49 - 03 - Chapter 3
00:56:06 - 04 - Chapter 4
01:07:05 - 05 - Chapter 5
01:24:57 - 06 - Chapter 6
01:37:59 - 07 - Chapter 7
01:51:30 - 08 - Chapter 8
02:14:25 - 09 - Chapter 9
02:22:32 - 10 - Chapter 10, Part 2 begins
02:52:40 - 11 - Chapter 11
03:05:19 - 12 - Chapter 12
03:16:01 - 13 - Chapter 13
03:23:04 - 14 - Chapter 14
03:40:13 - 15 - Chapter 15
03:52:10 - 16 - Chapter 16
04:16:18 - 17 - Chapter 17
04:39:51 - 18 - Chapter 18
04:57:51 - 19 - Chapter 19
05:15:02 - 20 - Chapter 20
05:27:07 - 21 - Chapter 21

East Wind: West Wind, Buck's first novel (published in 1930), is set in early 20th century China. Kwei-lan, a young aristocratic maiden, narrates her emotional tale to her 'sister', a friend familiar with both east and west. The book explores an ancient family culture where women have no rights, their feet are still being bound, marriages are arranged, husbands have multiple concubines, parents exert crushing control over their childrens' lives, girl babies are devalued and sometimes killed, and slaves abound. Alas, Kwei-lan's betrothed (made by arrangement before her birth and whom she has never met), has read Western books, studied Western medicine, yearns for more freedom and a modern life, and does not find his Chinese wife fulfilling -- until they have a son. Kwei-lan's brother, ignoring his parents, has moved to America and married an American girl. When he brings 'the foreigner' home to meet his family in China, and they have a son - east meets west in the bloodlines. The extreme culture clash this brings on is the study of this classic book. (Summary by Michele Fry)NOTE: Peart Buck lived in China with her American missionary parents, except for the time she spent being educated in the United States at RandolphMacon College and at Cornell University. She taught at the University of Nanking under two national régimes, and published over 70 books, articles and short stories, most of them about Chinese people, culture, and history.