Today's Featured Book:
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck
Genre: Fiction
Published: 1931
Page Count: 356 pages
Summary:
First published in 1931, ''The Good Earth'' by Pearl S. Buck, set in early 20th-century China, is the famous and memorable saga following the life of Wang Lung. It portrays an authentic, detailed picture of Chinese life and follows Wang Lung from a humble farmer to a prosperous landowner, highlighting themes of class mobility, family struggles, and the importance of the land.
Key themes include marriage, parenthood, human emotions, reverence for the land, and the conflict between old and new ways of life.
The novel won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and contributed to Buck receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature.
It was Wang Lung's marriage day.
Buck, Pearl S.. The Good Earth Trilogy: The Good Earth, p. 1. Kindle Edition.
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The old man slept day and night, and ate what was given him and there was still strength in him to creep about the dooryard at noon when the sun was warm. He was more cheerful than any of them and he quavered forth one day in his old voice that was like a little wind trembling among cracked bamboos,
“There have been worse days—there have been worse days. Once I saw men and women eating children.”
“There will never be such a thing in my house,” said Wang Lung, in extremest horror.
Buck, Pearl S.. The Good Earth, p. 56. Kindle Edition.
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What’s the quirkiest or most unexpected place you’ve ever read a book, and why? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee-Addicted Writer)
A cornfield.
I will make it a point sometime et this year to re-read “The Good Earth.” I’m overdue.
ReplyDeleteI read The Good Earth back in college. Quirkiest place to read? Never in a cornfield - ha! Lots of places though. I used to sit in the corner of my grandmother's bedroom with a book when I was a kid. Out of the way and didn't get stepped on - ha!
ReplyDeleteWow, a cornfield is an unusual spot to read. The most unusual place for me was a closet during a tornado warning in South Carolina—with my dog, a flashlight, and a good book! 😊
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A cornfield? 😊
ReplyDeleteIn high school (millions of years ago) I was in trouble because I brought a book to a field hockey game, and read it when I was supposed to be doing something with the hockey stick. I always hated compulsory sports!
ReplyDeleteI don't know much about Chinese life. Maybe I need to address that!
ReplyDeleteHahah I love it! I don't live near any cornfields. We are surrounded by fields though.
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Dear Deb, I love the cover of this book and the fact that it won a Pulitzer prize! I, for some reason, love so many things from the early 1900s to 1940s! Even though I was born in 1956! LOL!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing, dear friend. I hope you have a great weekend!
Ha! I love that you read in a cornfield! I think the possible bugs and other critters would make it hard for me to concentrate! Lol.
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That cover makes me want to re-read The Good Earth. It was a long time ago that I read it, so it would be like the first time again. As for crazy places to read: I’ve been known to carry a small book with me to Houston Texans football games to read in some quieter corner of the stadium during their obnoxious halftime shows.
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