The Living Reed
A Novel of Korea
An absorbing and fast-moving saga of Korea as experienced by one unforgettable family, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Good Earth (The New York Times). The year was 4214 after Tangun of Korea, and 1881 after Jesus of Judea. So begins Pearl S. Buck's The Living Reed, an epic historical novel seen through the eyes of four generations of Korean aristocracy. As the chronicle begins, the Kims are living comfortably as advisors to the Korean royal family. But that world is torn apart with the Japanese invasion, when the queen is killed and the Kims are thrust into hiding. Through their story, Buck traces the country's journey from the l…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4532-6354-9
- EAN: 9781453263549
- Produktnummer: 19947629
- Verlag: Open Road Media
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 478 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 15'865 KB
Über den Autor
Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) was a bestselling and Nobel Prize-winning author. Her classic novel The Good Earth (1931) was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and William Dean Howells Medal. Born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, Buck was the daughter of missionaries and spent much of the first half of her life in China, where many of her books are set. In 1934, civil unrest in China forced Buck back to the United States. Throughout her life she worked in support of civil and women's rights, and established Welcome House, the first international, interracial adoption agency. In addition to her highly acclaimed novels, Buck wrote two memoirs and biographies of both of her parents. For her body of work, Buck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938, the first American woman to have done so. She died in Vermont.
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