Concordia Library: The Good Earth: Chinese Culture and History: About Pearl Buck

Pearl S. Buck and The Good Earth

The Idyllic Life - Photo by Jimmy Su

"I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings. Like Confucius of old, I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels."
~Pearl S. Buck

NPR Audio

A Chinese Fan Of Pearl S. Buck Returns The Favor

Mike Wallace Interviews

Books by or about Pearl S. Buck

Pearl Buck in China : journey to the good earth by Hilary Spurling
Call Number: B BUC
ISBN: 1416540423
Publication Date: 2010
A comprehensive biography of Nobel Prize winner Pearl Buck, whose novel described ordinary life in China.
Pearl of China : a novel by Anchee Min.
Call Number: F MIN
ISBN: 1596916974
Publication Date: 2010
A fictional biography of Pearl S. Buck in which the author, as a child, forms a friendship with a young Chinese girl that follows the women through adulthood as they deal with matters of love, loyalty, and repression.
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Call Number: F BUC
ISBN: 0671729896
Publication Date: 1931
A story of a Chinese peasant and his passionate, dogged accumulation of land and more land, while weathering famine and drought and revolution. Good Earth Trilogy: Volume 1.
Sons by Pearl S. Buck
Call Number: F BUC
ISBN: 1559210397
Publication Date: 1932
Sons rise against their fathers and experience bitter struggles between the old and the new in China. Good Earth Trilogy: Volume 2.
The Role of Reading in Nine Famous Lives by Donald E. Howard
Call Number: 028 HOW
ISBN: 0786421339
Publication Date: 2005
For information on Pearl S. Buck, see p. 131.
They made their mark : an illustrated history of the Society of Woman Geographers by Jane Eppinga
Call Number: 920 EPP
ISBN: 0762745975
Publication Date: 2009
For information on Pearl Buck, see p. 56.

Pearl S. Buck

American novelist Pearl S. Buck

PEARL BUCK (1892-1973). - American Novelist.. Fine Art.Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 8 Aug 2012.

CD & DVDs

Becoming American the Chinese Experience by Production of Public Affairs Television, Inc.
Call Number: DVD 304.8 BEC
ISBN: 0613641005534
Publication Date: c2003
The experience of the Chinese in America encompasses the conditions that led to their arrival to their many and diverse contributions to the life and success of the country.
The Good Earth [videorecording] by directed by Sidney Franklin
Call Number: DVD F GOO
ISBN: 0790793083
Wang, a poor Chinese farmer, marries Olan, a slave from the 'Great House' and starts raising a family.
The Spoken Word : [sound recording]. American Writers by British Library
Call Number: CD 810.9 SPO
ISBN: 9780712305440
Historic recordings of American writers talking about their lives and their art. For information on Pearl Buck, refer to Ch7 in Disc 1.

Web Resources

What the Remarkable Legacy of Pearl Buck Still Means for China
Atlantic Monthly, Aug. 9, 2012
"Pearl of Orient" NYT Essay
Essay by Mike Meyer on Buck and the Good Earth.
A Pearl S. Buck for the Chinese
Author Anchee Min reconstructs Buck's life in her novel "Pearl of China."
Asia for Educators: A Guide to Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth
Site includes a brief overview of Buck's life, the Good Earth, and some discussion questions.