01584cam a2200325 4500 1163913498 TxAuBib 20110720120000.0 100305s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010007712 9781416540427 $27.00 1416540423 $27.00 (OCoLC)464593115 DLC DLC BTCTA YDXCP CDX ABG C#P BWX LMR VP@ UPZ DLC TxAuBib Spurling, Hilary. Pearl Buck in China : journey to The good earth / Hilary Spurling. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010. xii, 304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-286) and index. Family of ghosts -- Mental bifocals -- The spirit and the flesh -- Inside the doll's house -- Thinking in Chinese -- In the mirror of her fiction -- The stink of condescension -- Paper people. An engrossing biography of Buck, a woman whose fascinating life gave her a unique outlook on the plight of women and the suffering of China's rural poor. 20110720. Buck, Pearl S Pearl Sydenstricker 1892-1973 Homes and haunts China. Buck, Pearl S Pearl Sydenstricker 1892-1973 Knowledge China. Authors, American 20th century Biography. Americans China Biography. China In literature. TXKIP