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Pearl Buck in China journey to The good earth

An engrossing biography of Buck, a woman whose fascinating life gave her a unique outlook on the plight of women and the suffering of China's rural poor.

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Main Author: Spurling, Hilary
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Edition:1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Subjects:
Buck, Pearl S. > (Pearl Sydenstricker), > 1892-1973 > Biography.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Americans > China > Biography.
China > In literature.
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Summary:An engrossing biography of Buck, a woman whose fascinating life gave her a unique outlook on the plight of women and the suffering of China's rural poor.
Physical Description:xii, 304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-286) and index.
ISBN:9781416540427 :
1416540423
9781416540434 (pbk.)
Author Notes:Hilary Spurling was born in 1940 in Stockport England. She attended Somerville College in Oxford. She bacame the arts and theater critic for The Spectator during the 1960's. She was also the reviewer for The Observer and The Daily Telegraph. She has written several biographies including Pearl Buck in China and Matisse the Master: The Conquest of Colour 1909-1954, which won the 2005 Whitebread Book of the Year Award and the Los Angeles Book Prize for Biography in 2006.

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