The Patriot

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Ebook en format EPUB. Disponible pour téléchargement immédiat après la commande.

Protection:
Filigrane

Année de parution:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781480421127

<DIV><B>A Chinese dissident is torn between love and country in this novel from the <I>New York Times</I>&ndash;bestselling author of <I>The Good Earth</I>.</B><BR /> &#160;<DIV>When Wu I-wan starts taking an interest in revolution, trouble follows: Winding up in prison, he becomes friends with fellow dissident En-lan. Later, his name is put on a death list and he&rsquo;s shipped off to Japan. Thankfully, his father, a wealthy Shanghai banker, has made arrangements for his exile, putting him in touch with a business associate named Mr. Muraki. Absorbed in his new life, I-wan falls in love with Mr. Muraki&rsquo;s daughter, and must prove he is worthy of her hand. As news spreads of what the Japanese army is doing back in China, I-wan realizes he must go back and fight for the country that banished him.<BR /><BR /><I>The Patriot</I> is an engrossing story of revolution, love, and reluctantly divided loyalties by the Nobel Prize&ndash;winning author renowned for her novels set in Asia and informed by the sweep of history, including the <I>New York Times</I> bestsellers <I>The Living Reed </I>and <I>The Hidden Flower</I>.<BR /> &#160;</DIV><DIV><I>This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author&rsquo;s estate.</I></DIV></DIV>