펄 S. 벅

대지는 중국에서 어린시절을 보낸 미국 작가 펄 벅이 1931년에 발표한 대표작이다.《아들들》, 《분열한 집》 과 함께 3부작 《대지의 집》을 구성하며, 중국의 문화와 종교를 그림그리듯이 묘사하는 작가의 섬세함이 잘 드러나는 작품이다. 《대지》속 왕룽의 딸로 그려진 인물은 정신지체가 있던 작가 펄 벅 자신의 큰딸이기도 하다. 펄 벅은 문맹인 왕룽에게 서양선교사가 전도지를 준다는 설정을 통해 당시 선교사들의 선교방식을 비평하고 있는데, 이러한 비판의식은 그녀가 선교회와 결별하게 된 원인이 …

On her fortieth birthday, Madame Wu carries out a decision she has been planning for a long time: she tells her husband that after twenty-four years their physical life together is now over and she wishes him to take a second wife. The House of Wu, one of the oldest and most revered in China, is thrown into an uproar …

Imperial Woman is a novel by Pearl S. Buck first published in 1956. Imperial Woman is a fictionalized biography of Ci-xi, who was a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor and on his death became the de facto head of the Qing dynasty until her death in 1908. The story of Tzu Hsi is the story of the last Empress in China. In …

The story of Tzu Hsi is the story of the last empress in China. In the novel, Nobel Prize Winner, Pearl S. Buck recreates the life of one of the most interesting rulers during a time of intense turbulence. Pearl S. Buck's knowledge of and fascination with the Empresses' life are contagious. She reveals the essence …

Young Peony is sold into a rich Chinese household as a bondmaid -- an awkward role in which she is more than a servant, but less than a daughter. As she grows into a lovely, provocative young woman, Peony falls in love with the family's only son. However, tradition forbids them to wed. How she resolves her love for …

East Wind: West Wind is told from the eyes of a traditional Chinese girl, Kwei-lan, married to a Chinese medical doctor, educated abroad. The story follows Kwei-lan as she begins to accept different points of view from the western world, and re-discovers her sense of self through this coming-of-age narrative.

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 …

A House Divided is the sequel to the 1932 novel Sons, and the third book in The House of Earth trilogy, all written by Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck. It centers on the third generation of Wang Lung's family, focusing particularly on his grandson Wang Yuan.