The mother
By: by Pearl S. Buck.
Publisher: The John Day Company
Published: 1934
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Description: Within this novel Ms. Buck paints the portrait of a poor Chinese woman living in a remote village whose joys are few and hardships are many. As the ancient traditions, which she bases her philosophies upon, begin to collide with the new ideals of the communist era, this peasant woman must find a balance between them and deal with the consequences.