I first read this book when I was in 6th grade. Being an avid reader I was transfixed by the history, customs and magic of China. Immediately after reading this book, I read everything else I could find by Pearl S. Buck. Once I find an author I love, there is no stopping me from reading everything they have written.
A Pulitzer Prize Winner, this is a timeless classic that instantly involves the reader with language and imagery that makes you feel transported back to the earlier times in China. From bound feet to concubines, a young farmer works his way from being a peasant to a landowner of extreme power and wealth. His family progression shows the hard work of his chosen wife and sons and what money and wealth can do to people who came from the earth.
Peasant Wang Lung shows us the reliance and superstition these people had with gods and the earth that sustained and allowed his powerful dynasty to grow. This is the first book in a Trilogy and each book after is just as well written and a must read.
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