Bøger af Pearl S. Buck

A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the life and labours of a Chinese farmer during the sweeping reign of the country's last emperor

”For Wang Lung vidste, at hans time var kommet, og han så på sine to sønner, som sad ved hans side, og han vidste, de ventede på, at han skulle dø; at hans time var kommet. De havde antaget gode læger til at komme fra byen, og de kom med deres nåle og deres urter, og de følte hans puls længe og betragtede hans tunge, men til slut samlede de deres medicin sammen for at tage afsked, og de sagde:’Alderen er over ham, og ingen kan afvende hans skæbnebestemte død.’”Wang Lung, der med sin ukuelige arbejdsomhed og næstekærlige sind har arbejdet sig op fra en simpel bonde til en rig og betydningsfuld skikkelse, ligger for døden. Hans to ældste sønner sender bud efter den yngste søn, der er blevet en højtstående lejesoldat i en krigsherres hær.Da Wang Lung dør, skal gården deles mellem de tre sønner, men den yngste, som også kaldes Tigeren, har sine egne planer med sin arv. Han kræver at få udbetalt sin del af arven med det samme, og han vil desuden gerne have to af sine nevøer med i den hær, han har tænkt sig at grundlægge. Tigeren har nemlig selv ambitioner om at blive krigsherre.”Sønner” er anden del i Pearl S. Bucks klassiske trilogi ”Den gode jord” om Wang Lungs families liv i Kina under revolutionerne i starten af det 20. århundrede. Bogen udkom første gang i 1932 og vandt stor succes over hele verden.Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) var en amerikansk forfatter og sinolog, som skrev en lang række anmelderroste romaner. I 1938 fik hun som den første amerikanske kvinde tildelt Nobelprisen i litteratur. Pearl S. Buck skrev både romaner og biografier, og mange af hendes bøger foregår blandt bønderne i Kina. Hun er særligt kendt for romanen ”Den gode jord”, der ligesom en lang række af hendes bøger er blevet oversat til flere fremmedsprog.

Da madame Wu bliver 40 år, træffer hun en stor beslutning. Hun beder sin mand tage sig en ung konkubine, så hun selv kan trække sig tilbage fra sine ægteskabelige pligter. Hele familien er i chok over, at en kvinde selv kan foreslå sådan noget. Men madame Wu er ikke som andre kvinder og bestemt ikke som andre hustruer.”Kvindernes pavillon” er en interessant skildring af en meget utraditionel kvinde i det ellers meget traditionsbundne Kina. Bogen udkom første gang i 1946.Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) var en amerikansk forfatter og sinolog, som skrev en lang række anmelderroste romaner. I 1938 fik hun som den første amerikanske kvinde tildelt Nobelprisen i litteratur. Pearl S. Buck skrev både romaner og biografier, og mange af hendes bøger foregår blandt bønderne i Kina. Hun er særligt kendt for romanen ”Den gode jord”, der ligesom en lang række af hendes bøger er blevet oversat til mange forskellige sprog.

China Sky, first published in 1941, is a romance by Pearl S. Buck set in war-time China. Dr. Gray Thompson, an American missionary doctor, works alongside Dr. Sara Durand in a hospital he has built in a small Chinese village, as Japanese forces approach. When Gray returns from a visit to America a trip, he shocks Sara (who is in love with him) by introducing his new socialite wife, Louise. In the midst of bombing attacks on the village, Dr. Thompson continues to help the local residents, and especially the insurgent leader Chen-Ta. To protect the hospital, a high-ranking Japanese prisoner gets a message to the Japanese commander which stops the bombing but, eventually, Japanese paratroopers land in the village, and fierce fighting ensues. China Sky was also the subject of a 1945 movie of the same name. Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 and was the author of numerous novels, short-stories and works of non-fiction.

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A ';groundbreaking' memoir about raising a special-needs daughter in an era of misinformation and prejudicea classic that helped transform our perceptions (Publishers Weekly). It was my child who taught me to understand so clearly that all people are equal in their humanity and that all have the same human rights. Pearl S. Buck is known today for earning a Nobel Prize in Literature and for such New York Timesbestselling novels as The Good Earth. What many do not know is that she wrote that great work of art with the motivation of paying for a special school for her oldest daughter, Carol, who had a rare developmental disorder. What was called ';mental retardation' at the timethough some used crueler termswas a disability that could cause great suffering and break a parent's heart. There was little awareness of how to deal with such children, and as a result some were simply hidden away, considered a source of shame and stigma, while others were taken advantage of because of their innocence. In this remarkable account, which helped bring the issue to light, Pearl S. Buck candidly discusses her own experience as a mother, from her struggle to accept Carol's diagnosis to her determination to give her child as full and happy a life as possible, including a top-quality education designed around her needs and abilities. Both heartrending and inspiring, The Child Who Never Grew provides perspective on just how much progress has been made in recent decades, while also offering common sense and timeless wisdom for the challenges still faced by those who love and care for someone with special needs. It is a clear-eyed and compelling read by a woman renowned for both her literary talent and her humanitarian spirit. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author's estate.

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Lost for forty years, a new novel by the author of The Good EarthThe Eternal Wonder tells the coming-of-age story of Randolph Colfax (Rann for short), an extraordinarily gifted young man whose search for meaning and purpose leads him to New York, England, Paris, a mission patrolling the DMZ in Korea that will change his life foreverand, ultimately, to love.Rann falls for the beautiful and equally brilliant Stephanie Kung, who lives in Paris with her Chinese father and has no contact with her American mother, who abandoned the family when Stephanie was six years old. Both Rann and Stephanie yearn for a sense of genuine identity. Rann feels plagued by his voracious intellectual curiosity and strives to integrate his life of the mind with his experience in the world. Stephanie feels alienated from society by her mixed heritage and struggles to resolve the culture clash of her existence. Separated for long periods of time, their final reunion leads to a conclusion that even Rann, in all his hard-earned wisdom, could never have imagined.A moving and mesmerizing fictional exploration of the themes that meant so much to Pearl Buck in her life, The Eternal Wonder is perhaps her most personal and passionate work, and will no doubt appeal to the millions of readers who have treasured her novels for generations.