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Set in India, Mandala is about an Indian Prince and Princess and their lives. The Prince and Princess live fairly uneventful lives, until their daughter does not want to marry the man chosen for her, the Prince falls for a foreign woman, and the Princess becomes close to a missionary priest. Things get serious when their son dies, and the Prince continues to look for his son's reincarnated spirit among his people.
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FictionIndiareincarnationPolitics and governmentSocial life and customsAmericans
First published 1970Setting
India
About the author
Pearl S. Buck
26 June 1892 – 6 March 1973
Pearl S. Buck had always lived in China except for the time she spent in the United States when she was being educated. She studied at Randolph-Macon College and at Cornell University. She taught at the University of Nanking and at the Government University in Nanking under two national regimes. She lived in Nanking during the 1930's. *The Good Earth* was Mrs. Buck's second published novel. *East Wind: West Wind* appeared under the John Day imprint in 1930. She contributed articles and stories to various magazines, among them *The Atlantic Monthly, The Nation*, and *Asia*.
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