by Pearl S. Buck · Círculo de Lectores. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422640516
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«La buena tierra» is the novel by Pearl S. Buck, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (411 pages, in Spanish).
Set in rural China in the early 20th century, it follows Wang Lung, a peasant whose life revolves around cultivating the land. His effort allows him to form a family and prosper, but poverty, famine and social conflicts test his world. It addresses perseverance, family ties and man's bond with nature.
First installment of the House of Earth trilogy. Originally published in 1931 as The Good Earth, it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. Spanish-language edition of 1992, translated by Elisabeth Mulder.
Aimed at readers of classics and historical fiction; also a common work in reading clubs.
Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck was an American writer and humanitarian. She is best known for The Good Earth, the best-selling novel in the United States in 1931 and 1932, which won her the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, Buck became the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China" and for her "masterpieces", two memoir-biographies of her missionary parents.
