Pearl Buck in China : journey to The good earth

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1st Simon & Schuster trade paperback ed. Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-286) and index. 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. 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.

xii, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm 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. Text