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Pearl Buck in China : journey to The good earth / Hilary Spurling.

Author/creator Spurling, Hilary
Format Book and Print
Edition1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Descriptionxii, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content Publisher description
Subject(s)
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973--Homes and haunts --China.
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973--Knowledge --China.
Authors, American--20th century --Biography.
Americans--China --Biography.
China--In literature.
Contents Family of ghosts -- Mental bifocals -- The spirit and the flesh -- Inside the doll's house -- Thinking in Chinese -- In the mirror of her fiction -- The stink of condescension -- Paper people.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-286) and index.
LCCN 2010007712
ISBN9781416540427
ISBN1416540423

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