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1) Kinfolk
Author
Publisher
Distributed in North America by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Four Chinese-born friends come of age in America in the early 1900s, struggling to blend their traditional beliefs and values with the ever-changing American culture where they now live.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Pearl S. Buck's epic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a China that was -- now in a Contemporary Classics edition. Though more than sixty years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. "I can only write what I know, and I know nothing but China, having always lived there," wrote Pearl Buck. In The Good Earth she presents a graphic view of a China when...
3) Sons
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sons begins where The Good Earth ended: revolution is sweeping through China. Wang Lung is on his deathbed in the house of his fathers, and his three sons stand ready to inherit his hard-won estate. One son has taken the family's wealth for granted and become a landlord; another is a thriving merchant and moneylender; and the youngest, an ambitious general, is destined to be a leader in the country. Through all his life's change, Wang did not anticipate...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
On the eve of a popular rebellion, the Chinese government starts to crack down in cities across the country. Fleeing the turmoil, Wang Yuan leaves for America to study agriculture. When he returns to China six years later, he encounters a nation still in the grip of violent uprisings.
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