by Pearl S. Buck4 Stars
Classic, Historical Fiction
Setting: China
385 pages
Published 1931
Ellie's Review
After the initial 100 pages, I was hooked on this book and really enjoyed it. I'm glad I read this as it's a classic, but I'm sad I wasn't able to attend my book club's discussion as this has a lot to talk about. I haven't read the other books in the series.
Book Summary
Wang Lung, rising from humble Chinese farmer to wealthy landowner, gloried in the soil he worked. He held it above his family, even above his gods. But soon, between Wang Lung and the kindly soil that sustained him, came flood and drought, pestilence and revolution....
Through this one Chinese peasant and his children, Nobel Prize-winner Pearl S. Buck traces the whole cycle of life, its terrors, its passion, its persistent ambitions and its rewards. Her brilliant novel, beloved by millions of readers throughout the world, is a universal tale of the destiny of men.
Pulitzer Prize for Novel 1932
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