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Mandala: A Novel of India Buck, Pearl S. Good. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket 1970 BOOK CLUB EDITION. Very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. Jacket chipped at edges. Great reading / research copy. 376 pages. Language: English. NOTE: Cannot ship outside U.S. via Global Priority -- Surface or Airmail only. 'An India in transition is the setting for this tale of 2 cultures at odds. By virtue of recent political events, Maharana Prince Jagat finds himself stripped of his wealth and royal titles; yet his sense of responsibility to his people remains intact. His wife, Moti, a passive and accepting woman of tradition, is a dispassionate partner, willing to resign herself to a life devoid of emotion. When news reaches the couple that their only son, Jai, has been killed by the Chinese in a border skirmish, an inconsolable Moti sends Jagat out to bring the boy's spirit home. On the journey, the prince becomes involved with a beautiful and mysterious young American woman, Brooke Westley. Thus begins the fatal attraction between Eastern and Western ways, one bound by rigid custom, the other temptingly ripe with freethinking....'--Midwest Book Review. Price: 6.00 USD
