Books
by Pearl S Buck
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The Good Earth |
This twentieth century classic is enjoying a revival following Hilary Spurling's recent biography. It tells the story of a Chinese farmer and his family as they struggle to survive poverty, drought, famine and war. Familiar subjects maybe, but told by a writer who until the age of 8 considered herself Chinese and to whom China was always more real than the country of her birth. Read it if you haven't and if you have, read it again!
(Jenny Baker - bwl 58 Autumn 2010) |
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