Good Earth (Paperback) by Pearl S Buck

from Ghost_Boy

This is a rather easy book to read. I'd say it's high school level. I liked the story though. It's a little slow at times, but I like how Buck writes. It simple and to the point. At times you can tell this is written by an American, but it really doesn't effect the story. The main reason I read ...

from lauralkeet

Pearl Buck's classic novel is an epic portrayal of agrarian China near the turn of the twentieth century, leading up to the 1912 Revolution. The novel opens on the wedding day of Wang Lung, a poor farmer. His wife, O-lan, has spent her youth as a slave for a wealthy family in town. Up to this tim...

from theokester

My sister-in-law recommended this book after she read it (having found it on one of those "100 best books you must read" lists). I must admit to not knowing much of anything about Chinese history or culture, nor about the author. So I went into this book with a clean slate in terms of expectation...

from steve02476

A really different world than the one I know, but certainly familiar in a few ways. Very absorbing story.

from rkinch

This book is set in China and follows the life of an honest, hard working farmer, Wang Lung, and his wife, O-Lan, through famine and then prosperity. And, in a rich and heart breaking way shows the consequences of a path from poor and simple to rich and needy.