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Graphic novels and comic books
The good earth / by Pearl S. Buck ; graphic adaptation by Nick Bertozzi.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501132766
- ISBN: 1501132768
- ISBN: 9781501132773
- ISBN: 1501132776
- ISBN: 9781501132766
- ISBN: 1501132768
- ISBN: 9781501132773
- ISBN: 1501132776
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | In [this book], Pearl S. Buck paints an indelible portrait of China in the 1920s, when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings. This moving story of the honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-Lan is must reading to fully appreciate the sweeping changes that have occurred in the lives of the Chinese people during the last century. Though more than eighty years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics in American literature. |
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| Subject: | Married women > China > Comic books, strips, etc. China > Comic books, strips, etc. China > History > Comic books, strips, etc. China > Social life and customs > Comic books, strips, etc. |
| Genre: | Comics adaptations. Comics (Graphic works) Graphic novels. |
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | COMIX BUCK (Text) | 34000081224818 | Adult Comix Graphic Novel | Available | - |
| Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | COMIX BUCK (Text) | 34000081224826 | Adult Comix Graphic Novel | Available | - |
| Rowayton Library | 741.5973 BUC (Text) | 33625122811651 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | GN FIC BUCK, P (Text) | 34005146332274 | Adult Graphic Novel | Available | - |
Author Notes
The Good Earth (Graphic Adaptation)
Pearl S. Buck, June 26, 1892 - March 6, 1973 Pearl Sydenstricker Buck was an American author, best know for her novels about China. Buck was born on June 26, 1892, in Hillsboro, West Virginia, but as the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries she was taken to China in infancy. She received her early education in Shanghai, but returned to the United States to attend college, and graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Virginia in 1914. Buck became a university teacher there and married John Lossing Buck, an agricultural economist, in 1917. Buck and her husband both taught in China, and she published magazine articles about life there. Her first novel East Wind, West Wind was published in 1930. Buck achieved international success with The Good Earth, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. This story of a Chinese peasant family's struggle for survival was later made into a MGM film. Buck resigned from the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions after publishing an article that was critical of missionaries. She returned to the United States because of political unrest in China. Buck's novels during this period include Sons, A House Divided, and The Mother. She also wrote biographies of her father (Fighting Angel) and her mother (The Exile). She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. During her career, Buck published over 70 books: novels, nonfiction, story collections, children's books, and translations from the Chinese. She also wrote under the pseudonym John Sedges. In the United States, Buck was active in the civil rights and women's rights movements. In 1942 she founded the East and West Association to promote understanding between Asia and the West. In 1949, Buck established Welcome House, the first international interracial adoption agency. In 1964, she established the Pearl S. Buck foundation to sponsor support for Amerasian children who were not considered adoptable. Pearl Buck died in Danbury, Vermont, on March 6, 1973. (Bowker Author Biography)
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