A New York Times–bestselling novel by the author of The Good Earth: An affecting portrait of interracial love in postwar Japan. Pearl S. Buck’s The Hidden Flower centers on the relationship between a Japanese student and an American soldier stationed in postwar Japan. The Japanese student’s father worked in the United States as a doctor, but had to flee to Kyoto to avoid imprisonment in an … flee to Kyoto to avoid imprisonment in an internment camp. The American soldier has inherited his family’s estate in Virginia, where interracial marriage is forbidden. Against such forces, and without the help of their families, how can the love between the young pair—and the future of their child—flourish? The Hidden Flower is an emotionally astute and moving exploration of a taboo love across cultures.
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This is a poignant tale about a Japanese woman who is slapped in the face with the reality of racism. She marries an American soldier in Japan but reaches America to learn that the marriage is illegal due to a law banning Japanese-American marriages. Sadly, she has already conceived a child when she discovers the illegality of her marriage and …
I love all of her books this one is tops
A glimpse into history that I did not know too much about.
This author is fantastic but not this time out. I have lived in Japan for several years, married a Japanese woman, and still have may relatives there. My problem is this story is based on a level of Japanese society that most of us never see or interact with. The extremely wealthy and former nobles lived a completely different life style than …
Surprisingly current. Japan meets South Carolina! Pearl Buck at her best. Highly recommended.
Every five to ten years I pick up a Pearl S. Buck novel and am always impressed with her ability to portray the complex issues that surface in relationships between members of different races. In this novel, she slowly unravels the passions, realities, and subtle racism that come into play when an American serviceman falls for a college student …
Pearl Buck write descriptively about China and carries you there with her words. While tragic on one hand, the ending was as it should have been once the main character matures.
A classic lesson in how cultures can blend…or not.
The ending was obviously predictable for me-and I assume others.
Let’s you see what happens in other cultures. Very good read!!
This book by Pearl Buck was set right after WWll. American Japanese citizens had been put in interment camps.Japan itself was occipied by American soldiers. So it’s a story of a Japanese girl and an American serviceman falling in love and thinking they could convince there respective families and countries to accept it.
As much as they both …
Buck writes with a sense of compassion and understanding of the complex human spirit.
I’m a really big fan of Pearl Buck, but, this one is hard for me to get in to. I won’t stop though because she is (was) a fantastic author!!
I read the book on a Kindle and was not watching how many pages were left in the book. The book ended and I was taken aback that Buck would end it there! It leaves you figuring out your own ending. The book, as as Buck books, was extremely well written.
It’s Pearl S. Buck how can you go wrong
Pearl Buck never disappoints.
Step into an era before integration , which is the central theme. Buck brings true love into an expected outcome. One wants more strength from the male character, and more understanding from the female. We get what is life; not quite enough.