The good earth : an American classic
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-19732016
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When Olan, a servant girl, marries the peasant Wang Lung, she toils tirelessly through four pregnancies for their family's survival. Reward at first is meagre, but there is sustenance in the land until the famine comes. Half starved, the family joins thousands of peasants to beg on the city streets. It seems that all is lost, until Olan's desperate will to survive returns them home with undreamt of wealth. But they have betrayed the earth from which true wealth springs, and the family's money breeds only mistrust, deception - and heartbreak for the woman who had saved them. The Good Earthis a riveting family saga and story of female sacrifice a classic of twentieth century literature.
Main title:
The good earth : an American classic / Pearl S. Buck.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster, 2016.©1958
Collation:
357 pages ; 20 cm
Awards:
"The Pulitzer prize-winning novel"
ISBN:
9781471151873 (paperback)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
401171
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| EASTWOOD | ADULT FICTION | F BUCKClassics | Available |