The Good Earth

Resumen del libro

Though more than sixty years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but China, having always lived there," wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings for the ordinary people. This moving, classic story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-lan is must reading for those who would fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during this century.

Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck traces the whole cycle of life: its terrors, its passions, its ambitions and rewards. Her brilliant novel -- beloved by millions of readers -- is a universal tale of the destiny of man.

Biografía del autor

Hija de misioneros, Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) vivió en China prácticamente hasta los cuarenta años. Distinguida con el Nobel de Literatura en 1938 y autora de obras como "Viento del este, viento del oeste" o "La semilla del dragón", es probablemente su novela "La buena tierra", que obtuvo el Premio Pulitzer en 1932, la que con más constancia ha gozado del favor del público desde que se publicara por primera vez en 1931.