La terre chinoise

Premier roman d'une trilogie qui retrace de façon magistrale la vie et les mœurs de la Chine au XIXè siècle, La Terre chinoise est dominée par le personnage d'O-len, laide, taciturne et courageuse, tout entière dévouée à son devoir. Admirable personnage de femme au silence héroïque, à l'abnégation totale. Un grand roman, une figure inoubliable.

Pearl S. Buck had always lived in China except for the time she spent in the United States when she was being educated. She studied at Randolph-Macon College and at Cornell University. She taught at the University of Nanking and at the Government University in Nanking under two national regimes. She lived in Nanking during the 1930's.
*The Good Earth* was Mrs. Buck's second published novel. *East …