num_pages: 368
description: <p><b>pearl S. Buck's Epic</b></p><p><b>pulitzer Prize-winning Novel Of A China That Was</b></p><p><b>— Now In A Contemporary Classics</b></p><p><b>edition.</b></p><p>though More Than Sixty Years Have Passed</p><p>since This Remarkable Novel Won The Pulitzer</p><p>prize, It Has Retained Its Popularity And Become</p><p>one Of The Great Modern Classics. I Can Only</p><p>write What I Know, And I Know Nothing But China,</p><p>having Always Lived There, Wrote Pearl Buck. In</p><p><i>the Good Earth</i> She Presents A Graphic</p><p>view Of A China When The Last Emperor Reigned</p><p>and The Vast Political And Social Upheavals Of</p><p>the Twentieth Century Were But Distant Rumblings</p><p>for The Ordinary People. This Moving, Classic</p><p>story Of The Honest Farmer Wang Lung And His</p><p>selfless Wife O-lan Is Must Reading For Those</p><p>who Would Fully Appreciate The Sweeping Changes</p><p>that Have Occurred In The Lives Of The Chinese</p><p>people During This Century.</p><p>nobel Prize Winner Pearl S. Buck Traces The</p><p>whole Cycle Of Life: Its Terrors, Its Passions,</p><p>its Ambitions And Rewards. Her Brilliant Novel</p><p>— Beloved By Millions Of Readers — Is A</p><p>universal Tale Of The Destiny Of Man.</p>                        <p>this Great Modern Classic Depicts Life In China At A Time Before The Vast Political And Social Upheavals Transformed An Essentially Agrarian Country Into A World Power. Nobel Prize-winner Pearl S. Buck Traces The Whole Cycle Of Life—its Terrors, Its Passions, Its Ambitions, And Its Rewards.</p>
language: en
title: The Good Earth (Oprah's Book Club)
publisher: Washington Square Press