The Good Earth

Brief Description: Begun on simple farmer Wang Lung's wedding day, the story follows his simple, sometimes naive, and often one sided view of the Chinese culture, times, and his connection with the land. Marc Notes: Unabridged.; Compact disc.; Digitally mastered.; Read by Anthony Heald.; Published by arrangement with Harold Ober Associates, Inc.--Container.; The poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby, the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers but will soon meet their own downfall. Review Citations:

Booklist Editors Choice/Media 01/01/2008 pg. 17 (EAN 9781433204067, Compact Disc)

Library Journal 03/01/2008 pg. 124 (EAN 9781433204067, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review

Booklist Editors Choice/Media 01/01/2008 pg. 17 (EAN 9781433204050, Analog Audio Cassette)

Booklist 05/15/2005 pg. 1681 (EAN 9780736685146, Compact Disc)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 730 (EAN 9780743272933, Paperback)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 73 (EAN 9780743272933, Paperback)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 892 (EAN 9780743272933, Paperback)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 99 (EAN 9780743272933, Paperback)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1992 pg. 672 (EAN 9780899662992, Library Binding)

Booklist 04/01/2000 pg. 1442 (EAN 9780671510121, Mass Market Paperbound)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 125 (EAN 9780671510121, Mass Market Paperbound)

Contributor Bio:  Buck, Pearl S 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. Contributor Bio:  Heald, Anthony Anthony Heald, an Audie Award winning narrator, has earned Tony nominations and an Obie Award for his theater work; appeared in television s Law & Order, The X-Files, Miami Vice, and Boston Public; and starred as Dr. Frederick Chilton in the 1991 Oscar-winning film The Silence of the Lambs. He lives in Ashland, Oregon, with his family.