- Fiction in English, Women peasants, Communism, Fiction
Pearl Buck paints the portrait of a poor 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.
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- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Pearl S. Buck
- First published
- 1900
- Pages
- 252
- Publisher
- Palladis rt. kiadása, France-Loisirs, Edito-Service
- Editions
- 41
- Language
- French, German, Italian, English
- ISBN
- 9789602400487
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Pearl S. Buck had always lived in China except for the time she spent in the United States when she was being educated. She studied at Randolph-Macon College and at Cornell University. She taught at the University of Nanking and at the Government University in Nanking under two national regimes. She lived in Nanking during the 1930's. *The Good Earth* was Mrs. Buck's second published novel. *East Wind: West Wind* appeared under the John Day imprint in 1930. She contributed articles and stories to various magazines, among them *The Atlantic Monthly, The Nation*, and *Asia*.
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