num_pages: 357
description: Pearl S. Buck's Pulitzer Prize-winning, epic novel of a China that was - now an Oprah Book Club selection.
language: English
title: The Good Earth
titlecomplete: The Good Earth
characters: Lotus, Wang Lung, O-lan, Cuckoo, Pear Blossom, Ching, Nung En (Elder Son), Nung Wen (Younger Son)
genres: Classics, China, Historical, Asia, Novels, School, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 245791
places: China
series: House of Earth
awards: awardedAt: -1199203200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Novel, awardedAt: -1104508800000
name: William Dean Howells Medal
publisher: Simon & Schuster