The New Year
This is a story of hope and reconciliation. The New Year is about an American father and his son living in Korea. It is not without some soul-searching and a great deal of understanding on the part of his American wife that they get together as a family.
The father is an aspiring politician in Philadelphia. Put in shock and a moral dilemma by the sudden knowledge of his son, conceived while a soldier stationed in Korea, the father weighs his political future against his responsibilities to himself and his wife. The situation is further complicated by his childless marriage.
This is very modern in its treatment of a politician’s seemingly conflicting goals of public success and conscientious personal behavior. The story confronts the disparity of two cultures: east and west and two generations. It is a very timely book for all of those reasons, but the reward of reading this book is Pearl Buck’s ability as a story teller. Marital love, parental love, alienation, adoption, and ambition are all woven into this marvelous, poignant novel.
Praise for The New Year
“The most influential Westerner to write about China since thirteenth-century Marco Polo.” – James Thomson
“Pearl’s fiction gave voice to those who has not been heard, and succeeding in credibly dramatizing people and places that had been unknown and alien to most of her readers. She had, that is to say, a gift for making the strange seem familiar.” – Peter Conn
“Ms. Buck tells us that East and West can meet on the ground of affectionate understanding and that human similarities can prevail over the gulf between cultures.” – Elizabeth Janeway
About the Author: Pearl S. Buck
ISBN: 978-1-55921-391-2
256 pages
$13.95
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