![]() In concise and simple prose, it tells the story of a farmer, his wife, and his family in China at the turn of the 20th century. She talks about the power of a musical theme and how it can be recognized as true simply by the fact that a listener with a good ear would have immediately recognized the variation as incorrect if a lesser composer had varied it in some way.Īnd so begins La Buena Tierra. Buck prefaces The Good Earth with a lengthy epigraph by Proust two authors who apparently couldn’t be more different. “A commentary on the meaning and also tragedy of life as it is lived at all times and also in all corners of world” (The New York Times), this brilliant novel, loved by millions, is the universal story of a family normal that lives trapped in the crisis is the tide of history. Buck charts the full cycle of life: its horrors, its passions, its ambitions, and its rewards. far from great political and social changes. ![]() Travel to 1920s China in this haunting and timeless classic story of honest farmer Wang Lung and his family, a time when the last emperor still reigned and the far-reaching changes of the 20th century were but a roar. ![]()
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