La Buena Tierra
Escrito por Pearl S. Buck
Narrado por Laura García
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Pearl S. Buck
Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) was a bestselling and Nobel Prize–winning author. Her classic novel The Good Earth (1931) was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and William Dean Howells Medal. Born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, Buck was the daughter of missionaries and spent much of the first half of her life in China, where many of her books are set. In 1934, civil unrest in China forced Buck back to the United States. Throughout her life she worked in support of civil and women’s rights, and established Welcome House, the first international, interracial adoption agency. In addition to her highly acclaimed novels, Buck wrote two memoirs and biographies of both of her parents. For her body of work, Buck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938, the first American woman to have done so. She died in Vermont.
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- Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas5/5There is a reason this book is a classic. Read it. Amazing.
- Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas4/5Solidly written tale of farming and family and how wealth depletes the spirit and character of peopleas they become less attached to nature and their land. Though I felt close to none of the family,it was O-lan's total lack of rights that made the book so sad.
- Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas4/5I loved the first 3/4 of this novel. The struggle of an incredibly poor Chinese family during ancient times. The father loved to farm and di what he needed to do to see his family survive. The last of the novel seem to slow and wasn't as fun to read. A sad ending that took a long time to get to.
- Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas5/5This is a family legacy book, a personal saga, a chronicle of the life and times of the main man Wang Lung. We follow his life in early 20th C China from the start of manhood, and his acquisition of a wife, to his last days. The times are hard, and intense, and even though big things are happening socially and politically, the book sees these changes thorough the eyes of Wang Lung. That is to say we dont see or hear about them unless they directly affect his life. This is as it would be when your primary goal is the survival of your family. This book was so good. So much happens yet the words are not crammed in. We are left with an impression of a man and his times that is so comprehensive. The pride and strength of Wang Lung are obvious, yet he also struggles with the ugly side of pride. His lifelong search for contentment is in vain which raises the question of how much does one need to feel happy. The tale is one of human nature, and in this regard it does a superb job of laying it out like it is.
- Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas5/5I wish I had to read this in high school, I know a lot of people did. What a wonderful book!
- Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas4/5Dieses 1931 erschienene Buch erzählt die Lebensgeschichte eines chinesischen Bauern. Nach und nach wird er von einem kleinen Bauern zum großen Grundbesitzer. Obwohl er nach wie vor an seinem Land hängt, verändert er sich doch charakterlich ziemlich. Seine Frau O-Lan, der er viel verdankt, verachtet er mehr und mehr aufgrund ihres einfachen Wesens und Aussehens. Erst gegen Ende ihres Lebens wird ihm klar, wie viel sie zu seinem Glück beigetragen hat. Seine Söhne achten das bäuerliche Erbe ihrer Vorfahren nicht und wenden sich von der Landwirtschaft ab.Dieses mehrfach preisgekrönte Buch erzählt sehr schlicht, aber eindringlich, von diesem einfachen Leben. Vor allem das Schicksal der Frauen, aber die auch die ländlichen Strukturen, die Verpflichtungen gegenüber den Verwandten usw. sind nahezu archaisch und doch noch nicht lange her.