by Pearl S. Buck · ISBN 9788474540918
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The Good Earth is a novel by American writer Pearl S. Buck, first published in 1931. The novel tells the life of Wang Lung, a Chinese peasant who struggles to survive in a world of poverty and hardship. Through his hard work and determination, Wang Lung manages to prosper and become a rich man, but his success comes at a cost. The novel explores themes such as family, land, tradition, and social change in 20th century China. This edition also includes the titles East Wind, West Wind and A stirpe of the dragon.
Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck was an American writer and humanitarian. She is best known for The Good Earth, the best-selling novel in the United States in 1931 and 1932, which won her the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, Buck became the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China" and for her "masterpieces", two memoir-biographies of her missionary parents.
