The Good Earth

From the story of a simple Chinese farmer Pearl S. Buck has created an epic novel. Wang Lung's whole life is a constant struggle against the twin-spectres of famine and destruction, with the condition of the earth as the decider of his fate. Set in pre-Communist China, “The Good Earth” is an acknowledged masterpiece. A moving tribute to the insuperable dignity of ordinary men and women—but most of all, a magnificent story, full of human warmth and told with stark simplicity by a great novelist who knows the human spirit as intimately as she knows the ageless peasant-life of China.

Published 1966, Mayflower-Dell Paperback.

Ex library copy. Binding of book is loose. Some shelfwear and foxing on covers of book. Heavy tanning and foxing on edges of book. Bookplate on board of front cover. Some foxing and tape on endpapers. Moderate foxing and several waterstains on certain pages.