if you read any of her books this one is a must - head and shoulders above all of her other works
if you read any of her books this one is a must - head and shoulders above all of her other works
sounds interesting, Virge. I'll put it on my books-to-read list
Pearl Buck's The Good Earth is one of the greatest books that I have ever read. I would encourage all who haven't yet read it to experience one of this century's true classics.
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This has been one of my favorite books since I first read it in fifth grade, though I've only owned it since earlier this year.
I think if you make a signature, you should inspire some emotion in someone else. I also think it would be pretentious for me to think I could do that.
I listened to the audio book for the first time when I was in junior high. I think hearing the words read aloud adds an extra element to the experience. It sounds beautiful because of the writing style.
I found out recently that The Good Earth is the first book of a trilogy! Has anyone read the others? I'm always hopeful but wary of sequels so I'd appreciate opinions of what to expect quality-wise.
I've just seen the movie and it was really great, I loved it so much.
Art is a lie that leads to the truth.
--Picasso
Chloe, do you know which other books are in that trilogy? I read a great many books by Pearl S. Buck when I was younger and I can't say I read a bad one. To me they all were interesting and wonderfully vivid, beautifully written. Now I am curious to know which of the books I read are considered part of that trilogy. I will try looking on Wikipedia to see if they mention it. Glad you brought it up; that is interesting. I think a trilogy is a little different than a mere sequel to the book.Originally Posted by Chloe M
Sophia, is this the older film? I have seen it advertised on Amazon and have considered buying it. I may have seen it years ago and just have forgotten it by now.
"It's so mysterious, the land of tears."
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The second one is Sons and the third one is A House Divided. Below are summaries from Amazon.
Second in the trilogy that began with The Good Earth, Buck's classic and starkly real tale of sons rising against their honored fathers tells of the bitter struggle to the death between the old and the new in China. Revolutions sweep the vast nation, leaving destruction and death in their wake, yet also promising emancipation to China's oppressed millions who are groping for a way to survive in a modern age.A House Divided, the third volume of the trilogy that began with The Good Earth and Sons, is a powerful portrayal of China in the midst of revolution. Wang Yuan is caught between the opposing ideas of different generations. After 6 years abroad, Yuan returns to China in the middle of a peasant uprising. His cousin is a captain in the revolutionary army, his sister has scandalized the family by her premarital pregnancy, and his warlord father continues to cling to his traditional ideals. It is through Yuan's efforts that a kind of peace is restored to the family.
I think I read the second one "A House Divided" but not sure. Did the son go away to Japan to stay with a family that his father knew; then return home later on to find his country waring with Japan and within it's own borders? If so, that is the one I read. Many of her plots are similar in content, so I am not entirely sure these are the ones I read - it was so many years ago. I can tell you one thing; I went on a binge of reading all the books of hers, I could get my hands on at that time, and not one was a disappointment. I always recall closing the last page and saying 'wow'. They were all dynamic and they took one away to another time period in that part of the world. Someday, I should re-read them all and the ones that I missed. I don't think you could go wrong with any of her novels, if you liked "The Good Earth". I was required to read that novel for high school, but when I later read others, I actually preferred them to that novel, as far as thinking they were more envolved and intricate in plot and political atmosphere and intrigue. She was a marvelous author.
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
I have read this book long ago and I like the end of the book, the way the main character of the book takes a handful of soil and put on his head, or something like that. There was a time drought and the way farmers looked to a rainy day
“Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature””
“If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.
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