Mandala A Novel of India Author:Pearl Buck "Mandala" is one of Pearl S. Buck's rare novels about India. Centering her story around a modern princely family of the New India, she explores the mysticism that pervades everyday life there. Extrasensory perception, reincarnation,and spirits are very real concerns of the Maharana Prince Jagat and his family. — As the novel opens, (Prince Jagat)... more »is embarking upon a scheme to turn an opulent but ghost-ridden lake palace into a luxury hotel for foreign tourists. (Then) news reaches him that his only son, Jai, has been killed by the Chinese in a border skirmish... Convinced that Jai's spirit lives, Jagat's wife, Moti, will not rest until he sets off to find their son. The journey... involves Jagat with a beautiful and mysterious young American woman, Brooke Westley.
Other characters are "an English priest: Father Francis Paul...; Veera, Jagat and Moti's daughter...; Bert Osgood, the brash young American businessman...; and Rodriguez, the old Goan servant whose loyalty to the house of Jagat affects the futures of all its members.« less