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Pearl Buck a romancista norte americana que ensinou o Mundo a conhecer e amar a China. Este romance porém desenrola-se não apenas na China mas nos EUA e na Inglaterra. É meio século de vida que a autora coloca na nossa frente, desde a revolta dos Boxers, em 1900, até às lutas cruciais de 1950. Narra-se aqui a história de dois rapazes, Clem e Williams, ambos filhos de missionários, e ambos portadores de um grande sonho, embora um e outro tenham destinos diferentes e opostos.
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First published January 1, 1951
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Pearl S. Buck
785 books3,041 followersPearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck was an American writer and novelist. She is best known for The Good Earth, the best-selling novel in the United States in 1931 and 1932 and which won her the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, Buck became the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China" and for her "masterpieces", two memoir-biographies of her missionary parents.
Buck was born in West Virginia, but in October 1892, her parents took their 4-month-old baby to China. As the daughter of missionaries and later as a missionary herself, Buck spent most of her life before 1934 in Zhenjiang, with her parents, and in Nanjing, with her first husband. She and her parents spent their summers in a villa in Kuling, Mount Lu, Jiujiang, and it was during this annual pilgrimage that the young girl decided to become a writer. She graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, then returned to China. From 1914 to 1932, after marrying John Lossing Buck she served as a Presbyterian missionary, but she came to doubt the need for foreign missions. Her views became controversial during the Fundamentalist–Modernist controversy, leading to her resignation. After returning to the United States in 1935, she married the publisher Richard J. Walsh and continued writing prolifically. She became an activist and prominent advocate of the rights of women and racial equality, and wrote widely on Chinese and Asian cultures, becoming particularly well known for her efforts on behalf of Asian and mixed-race adoption.
Buck was born in West Virginia, but in October 1892, her parents took their 4-month-old baby to China. As the daughter of missionaries and later as a missionary herself, Buck spent most of her life before 1934 in Zhenjiang, with her parents, and in Nanjing, with her first husband. She and her parents spent their summers in a villa in Kuling, Mount Lu, Jiujiang, and it was during this annual pilgrimage that the young girl decided to become a writer. She graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, then returned to China. From 1914 to 1932, after marrying John Lossing Buck she served as a Presbyterian missionary, but she came to doubt the need for foreign missions. Her views became controversial during the Fundamentalist–Modernist controversy, leading to her resignation. After returning to the United States in 1935, she married the publisher Richard J. Walsh and continued writing prolifically. She became an activist and prominent advocate of the rights of women and racial equality, and wrote widely on Chinese and Asian cultures, becoming particularly well known for her efforts on behalf of Asian and mixed-race adoption.
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February 28, 2017
Why do I always forget how much I enjoy her books? I can see how some would not enjoy this as much as I did. Story about two American men born in china to different missionary fathers. Both ended up in America during the Boxer Rebellion without their families. Book follows these two men and their rise in the country they belong to but are strangers to.
July 22, 2012
In truth, this is more of a 2.5 star rating. In truth truth, it is probably more like a 2, but I would never allow myself to give Pearl Buck a 2 star rating! I love her too much. :)
This novel is quite different from the others I've read for two reasons: her mythic, one-dimensional main characters (all male) and the underdevelopment of secondary characters (mostly female).
The novel, like all of Buck's, begins with a fascinating concept: what happens when you take two vastly different missionary kids who grew up in China and bring them to the U.S.? How will their unique upbringings both shape them and challenge their ability to be fully human? William grew up with an idealistic Episcopal missionary father and an aristocratic-leaning mother, while Clem grew up with parents who were missionaries outside of an official denomination. While William's family was well-supported by a mission board, Clem's family were forced to "depend on God" for their daily needs. Much to Clem's chagrin, this often meant begging from other missionary families or from the Chinese for food.
In the U.S., William takes his experience and decides to seek ideological and financial power, while Clem decides to spend his life eradicating hunger worldwide. Buck plays with the similarities in these stark characters -- both are idealistic, both resemble their missionary fathers more than they'd like to admit, and both are larger than life, committed to an idea, which takes them beyond the scope of human relationships.
Yet in the end, I could not relate to either character. Each seemed to symbolize an idea. I wanted more complex humanity.
Then, perhaps even more disturbing, each of these men sought out marital relationships, and the women they married complacently and unquestioningly took on the role of supporting their husbands' wild ideals, to the detriment of any meaningful marital communion. At one point in the novel, I found myself wanting the women to have affairs already -- something I usually despise in life and literature -- because the women didn't have any agency in human connection. They just resigned themselves to their fate, some happily! Argh!
But overall, the novel reveals some interesting insights into growing up as a missionary kid, and of course the ideas themselves about religion and service to humanity are still important and worth the read. Still, I missed the well-rounded characters that I'm so used to in Pearl Buck novels.
Quick addition: After some more biographical research on Buck, it seems like William might be based on real-life Henry Luce, who was born in China but left there after his childhood and never learned Chinese. He became editor of "Time" and "Life," and he and Buck had a huge falling out -- he basically called her a communist! I'm now reading this novel as if it were her literary revenge on him, which frankly, makes it much better of a read. I can almost excuse her vilification of the main character now.
This novel is quite different from the others I've read for two reasons: her mythic, one-dimensional main characters (all male) and the underdevelopment of secondary characters (mostly female).
The novel, like all of Buck's, begins with a fascinating concept: what happens when you take two vastly different missionary kids who grew up in China and bring them to the U.S.? How will their unique upbringings both shape them and challenge their ability to be fully human? William grew up with an idealistic Episcopal missionary father and an aristocratic-leaning mother, while Clem grew up with parents who were missionaries outside of an official denomination. While William's family was well-supported by a mission board, Clem's family were forced to "depend on God" for their daily needs. Much to Clem's chagrin, this often meant begging from other missionary families or from the Chinese for food.
In the U.S., William takes his experience and decides to seek ideological and financial power, while Clem decides to spend his life eradicating hunger worldwide. Buck plays with the similarities in these stark characters -- both are idealistic, both resemble their missionary fathers more than they'd like to admit, and both are larger than life, committed to an idea, which takes them beyond the scope of human relationships.
Yet in the end, I could not relate to either character. Each seemed to symbolize an idea. I wanted more complex humanity.
Then, perhaps even more disturbing, each of these men sought out marital relationships, and the women they married complacently and unquestioningly took on the role of supporting their husbands' wild ideals, to the detriment of any meaningful marital communion. At one point in the novel, I found myself wanting the women to have affairs already -- something I usually despise in life and literature -- because the women didn't have any agency in human connection. They just resigned themselves to their fate, some happily! Argh!
But overall, the novel reveals some interesting insights into growing up as a missionary kid, and of course the ideas themselves about religion and service to humanity are still important and worth the read. Still, I missed the well-rounded characters that I'm so used to in Pearl Buck novels.
Quick addition: After some more biographical research on Buck, it seems like William might be based on real-life Henry Luce, who was born in China but left there after his childhood and never learned Chinese. He became editor of "Time" and "Life," and he and Buck had a huge falling out -- he basically called her a communist! I'm now reading this novel as if it were her literary revenge on him, which frankly, makes it much better of a read. I can almost excuse her vilification of the main character now.
November 27, 2018
حينما يقع ذلك لا يعود بإمكاننا - ما دام الاعتماد عليها - أن نعرف ، هل ثم مشهد مفقود بين اللقاء والفراق، هل ربما تسارعت الأحداث في هذا الفصل أو ذاك، هل الأحداث بين الفتى والعجوز تامّة، هل كان الحوار بينهما كاملاً حقًا؟، والزوجان كيف جرت الحياة بينهما؟، أكانت سريعة هكذا؟، أجاء الطلاق بهذه السرعة والبساطة؟، من أين ظهرت الزوجة الثانية هذه وسط الأحداث؟، هل هذه هي كافة الخطابات المتبودلة؟، هل كان هناك مباشرة في النَص تقتضب الأحداث اقتضابًا أم تراءى لي ذلك وحسب؟، وهل النهاية مثالية أكثر مما يجب؟، هل تنقّص منها شيء، وهل هي النهاية الحقيقية الطبيعية في الترتيب أصلاً؟
كانت معرفة مسبقة أفسدت القراءة، وأصبحت كمن يتوقّع فخًا بين كل صفحة وأخرى، أتحدّث عن الترجمات المختصرة: إحدى مسببات الاكتئاب في هذا العالم
كانت معرفة مسبقة أفسدت القراءة، وأصبحت كمن يتوقّع فخًا بين كل صفحة وأخرى، أتحدّث عن الترجمات المختصرة: إحدى مسببات الاكتئاب في هذا العالم
July 5, 2015
Lo he leído porque lo tenía. De no haber estado en mi estantería nunca lo habría hecho. El motivo habría sido mi mala experiencia con Viento del este, viento del oeste pero también una falta de interés manifiesta por China. Sin embargo, estaba desesperada, quería reconciliarme con algún autor clásico (todavía no he asumido que soy incapaz de leer a Tolstoi) y tenía tiempo. Cuando quise darme cuenta ya casi había terminado el segundo tomo. Y lo mejor, sin excesivo esfuerzo.
Los hombres de Dios del título son dos hijos de misioneros estadounidenses en China, William y Clem. Tras el levantamiento de los bóxers, ambos regresan a Estados Unidos y el desarrollo de su vida allí quedará siempre condicionado por su experiencia en el país asiático. Ambos se convierten en hombres millonarios y poderosos pero ni los fines que persiguen ni los medios que utilizan se asemejan.
Es bueno que en Hombres de Dios no haya percibido una superioridad del pensamiento occidental enmascarado. No puede existir porque China ya no es lo que era. Es solo una ilusión, una utopía, o peor, algo que hay que salvar. La dicotomía aquí se centra mucho más en los aspectos espirituales de los dos protagonistas. Al parecer son dos caras de la misma moneda. Siempre insatisfechos. Para terminar hay una moralina, claro. Y una pregunta que se hace William cuando le sorprende la duda: “¿he hecho bien?” Sin Dios todo habría sido mucho más fácil…
Los hombres de Dios del título son dos hijos de misioneros estadounidenses en China, William y Clem. Tras el levantamiento de los bóxers, ambos regresan a Estados Unidos y el desarrollo de su vida allí quedará siempre condicionado por su experiencia en el país asiático. Ambos se convierten en hombres millonarios y poderosos pero ni los fines que persiguen ni los medios que utilizan se asemejan.
Es bueno que en Hombres de Dios no haya percibido una superioridad del pensamiento occidental enmascarado. No puede existir porque China ya no es lo que era. Es solo una ilusión, una utopía, o peor, algo que hay que salvar. La dicotomía aquí se centra mucho más en los aspectos espirituales de los dos protagonistas. Al parecer son dos caras de la misma moneda. Siempre insatisfechos. Para terminar hay una moralina, claro. Y una pregunta que se hace William cuando le sorprende la duda: “¿he hecho bien?” Sin Dios todo habría sido mucho más fácil…
August 15, 2019
رواية جميلة.
قرأتها على امتداد شهر فكبرت شخصياتها مع مرور أيامي و ازداد عمقها.
جمال الرواية يكمن في التشابه الواضح بين الشخصيتين المختلفتين أشد الاختلاف، ألا وهو: الإيمان. قد لا يكون ذلك الإيمان بدين إنما بفكرة مشتعلة بذهن رجل طموح.
رجلان نشآ كابنان لرجال إرساليات مسيحية في الصين...أحدهما زاهد و الآخر غني. كلاهما كانا يخجلان من مهنة ابويهما لكن أثر ذلك عليهما بطريق مختلفة جدا.
ليست رواية سريعة لمن يحب الإثارة...انها رواية عميقة لمن يحب التاريخ و دراسة النفس البشرية
قرأتها على امتداد شهر فكبرت شخصياتها مع مرور أيامي و ازداد عمقها.
جمال الرواية يكمن في التشابه الواضح بين الشخصيتين المختلفتين أشد الاختلاف، ألا وهو: الإيمان. قد لا يكون ذلك الإيمان بدين إنما بفكرة مشتعلة بذهن رجل طموح.
رجلان نشآ كابنان لرجال إرساليات مسيحية في الصين...أحدهما زاهد و الآخر غني. كلاهما كانا يخجلان من مهنة ابويهما لكن أثر ذلك عليهما بطريق مختلفة جدا.
ليست رواية سريعة لمن يحب الإثارة...انها رواية عميقة لمن يحب التاريخ و دراسة النفس البشرية
June 22, 2021
Food was the most precious things in the world. without it people wouldn't be human. They could not think or feel or grow or if they grew, they grew like sick things, impelled not by health. everybody ought to have food. Food ought to be free, so that if anybody was hungry, he could simply walk somewhere not very far and get it. Food should be as free as air. - Pearl S.Buck
April 3, 2015
História da família de Clem que acaba por ser o único sobrevivente dos tumultos da Velha Imperatriz e do Imperador da China contra os estrangeiros.
Clem passa por dificuldades pats regressar a América, o seu país de origem, mas encontra a generosidade de algumas famílias que lhe conduzem, em segurança, a um navio que o traz de volta aos estados unidos.
Nesse país enfrenta novas dificuldades com as chamadas crianças do auxilio, que são órfãs, e vivem con dois tutores que as tratam mal. Clem acaba por concretizar o plano de fuga e só convence una das crianças a viajar com ele. O seu objectivo é trabalhar o máximo que puder para ter alimentos e regressar a Pequim. Paralelamente conta a história de wiliam e sua família e a entrada dele e de Jeremias Cameron em Harvard. E a fuga da familia para Pequim quando o cerco a Pequim foi levantado.
Bem escrito e com uma narração de fácil compressão e leitura e cativante.
Uma intriga que levanta questões político - religiosas, entre amizades entre famílias e histórias de amor. Relata igualmente o encontro de Clen e William por correspondência e as suas vidas futuras nas suas terras natal. Narrativa passada entre a China e os EUA e a Índia e França onde decorre a primeira guerra mundial, a grande depressão da bolsa nos anos 30, a segunda guerra mundial e por outros países da Europa. A maior preouupação de Clen era alimentar o povo faminto e de William era ter um jornal satírico próprio que obrigasse o povo a pensar como ele queria.
Clem passa por dificuldades pats regressar a América, o seu país de origem, mas encontra a generosidade de algumas famílias que lhe conduzem, em segurança, a um navio que o traz de volta aos estados unidos.
Nesse país enfrenta novas dificuldades com as chamadas crianças do auxilio, que são órfãs, e vivem con dois tutores que as tratam mal. Clem acaba por concretizar o plano de fuga e só convence una das crianças a viajar com ele. O seu objectivo é trabalhar o máximo que puder para ter alimentos e regressar a Pequim. Paralelamente conta a história de wiliam e sua família e a entrada dele e de Jeremias Cameron em Harvard. E a fuga da familia para Pequim quando o cerco a Pequim foi levantado.
Bem escrito e com uma narração de fácil compressão e leitura e cativante.
Uma intriga que levanta questões político - religiosas, entre amizades entre famílias e histórias de amor. Relata igualmente o encontro de Clen e William por correspondência e as suas vidas futuras nas suas terras natal. Narrativa passada entre a China e os EUA e a Índia e França onde decorre a primeira guerra mundial, a grande depressão da bolsa nos anos 30, a segunda guerra mundial e por outros países da Europa. A maior preouupação de Clen era alimentar o povo faminto e de William era ter um jornal satírico próprio que obrigasse o povo a pensar como ele queria.
February 11, 2022
A disturbing read. Both of these men were brought up believing in Christian homes and yet both of them hardly resembled Christianity even though they both were heavily involved in missions in their adult life.
This is a novel that ends rather on a sad dissonant note and makes you ponder for awhile afterwards.
Update: i have read this 10 years ago but still I often remember the characters and their life choices. It is a very poignant story, and I believe is a good one for Christians to read, especially those who are involved in ministry.
This is a novel that ends rather on a sad dissonant note and makes you ponder for awhile afterwards.
Update: i have read this 10 years ago but still I often remember the characters and their life choices. It is a very poignant story, and I believe is a good one for Christians to read, especially those who are involved in ministry.
August 7, 2025
This book was a bit hard to read. The characters felt off.. i agree to a point, with the comments that describe the characters as one-sided. William and Klem are their ideals. It was an interesting read, their ethical dilemmas made yous top and think for a sec. Indeed both wanted the betterment of the world, Klem by ensuiring people would be in a position to think and William by guiding them, as they were empty beings..William's character was a bit difficult for me to comprehend. They way he is described makes him a person with a cultivated esoteric world, searching for what his soul hunger for..(pun intended). His actions though make him feel simple, a person who never cultivated himself, his parents didnt actively encourage it (his mother role was especially prohibitive), meaning he became an emotionally constipated adult who never learned how to handle them. He saw in power and money, but he also saw people in a way.
Klem on the other hand was deeply stigmatized both by his upbringing and the death of his family. It followed him and shaped him into a man who cares so much, but is single mindedly focused on his beliefs.
I really liked it. Hope to read it again in a couple of years. I wanna see how Ill think about it then.
In the end was William wrong? Was Klem wrong? In this era it feels like nothing and everything has changed..
Klem on the other hand was deeply stigmatized both by his upbringing and the death of his family. It followed him and shaped him into a man who cares so much, but is single mindedly focused on his beliefs.
I really liked it. Hope to read it again in a couple of years. I wanna see how Ill think about it then.
In the end was William wrong? Was Klem wrong? In this era it feels like nothing and everything has changed..
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 10, 2019
China and American influence
Another powerful novel about China at the beginning of the century and two families who were shaped by their lives there. The novel starts in China and then moves to America where one son starts a newspaper which he uses to influence society while the other family’s son tries to influence society by feeding the poor. The families intermarry and are in conflict throughout. I love her novels and always learn a lot about China’s culture.
Another powerful novel about China at the beginning of the century and two families who were shaped by their lives there. The novel starts in China and then moves to America where one son starts a newspaper which he uses to influence society while the other family’s son tries to influence society by feeding the poor. The families intermarry and are in conflict throughout. I love her novels and always learn a lot about China’s culture.
March 6, 2020
Excellent! Thought Provoking!
Two men, sons of missionaries in China, grow up to immigrate to America. Their backgrounds have shaped them into leaders during wars, Depression, and years of property. Yet they lead from opposite ends of the human spectrum. William chooses to guide the thoughts and direction of mankind. Clem believes that only eliminating hunger can lead people to peace. Both men believe their vision is a calling. Who is right?
Two men, sons of missionaries in China, grow up to immigrate to America. Their backgrounds have shaped them into leaders during wars, Depression, and years of property. Yet they lead from opposite ends of the human spectrum. William chooses to guide the thoughts and direction of mankind. Clem believes that only eliminating hunger can lead people to peace. Both men believe their vision is a calling. Who is right?
June 14, 2020
I did finish this book, but it felt a bit long. The two men had characters that were so much larger than life. I did find it a bit hard to relate to the story. However the book did pull me into a world that was fascinating . That is so often the joy of a new book. The theme of hunger is of course not an irrelevant issue in our times either, and the question of humanity having a “right to eat” is still currant.
August 14, 2021
The most underwhelming of her books for me so far. The main characters felt wholly unrelatable and flat, the female side characters felt bland, though female characters usually carry her books, and America and the Americans feel so incredibly foreign and distant that I couldn't find anything to latch on to. The writing is still masterful but the book as a whole is not one I'll be picking up again.
June 25, 2019
many parts were 5 star but some were 2 star. Buck does her best when she sticks to China. Very much enjoyed reading this but would never reread it. I wonder what would have been the relationship between Pearl Buck and Ayn Rand if they had ever come together. Of course Ayn would have dominated the conversation and neither would have changed their thoughts one iota. I agree with both.
September 7, 2023
Belíssimo romance que contrapõe duas visões políticas e socias totalmente distintas: "E se ele sempre tivesse andado errado? Quem encarnava a sombra vaga da vitória? Ele? Ou Clem?".
Pearl Buck mostra, mais uma vez, a sua incrivel capacidade de construir um enredo riquíssimo que nos mantém irremediavelmente cativos logo ao virar das primeiras páginas.
5 estrelas é pouco para esta autora!
Pearl Buck mostra, mais uma vez, a sua incrivel capacidade de construir um enredo riquíssimo que nos mantém irremediavelmente cativos logo ao virar das primeiras páginas.
5 estrelas é pouco para esta autora!
June 22, 2020
Ms. Buck wrote with powerful images and emotion. The characters in this story were vivid and realistic, and she had me rooting for Clem while hoping William would fall flat. Although the ending wasn't formulaic, it satisfied.
July 31, 2023
Good story. diverse solutions to world hunger.
Good story. Two different views of poverty and world hunger. Very apropos today and in the hotter climate future when hunger will increase.
Good story. Two different views of poverty and world hunger. Very apropos today and in the hotter climate future when hunger will increase.
January 29, 2019
sons of missionaries in China - one works to feed the hungry
September 11, 2019
A quite simple book that repeats itself over and over again. I thought that would never end..
May 26, 2020
Another good Pearl Buck book. I'd love to see this one as a miniseries. Truth, controversy, power, pride, politics. Very good read.
January 17, 2023
It’s Pearl Buck! She’s fabulous!
July 9, 2023
Not my favorite Buck novel, but it's easy to understand why she was so highly regarded. Her writing was superb. This pits two Asian men with very different approaches to life.
August 21, 2023
Pearl is a gem
Pearl was a gifted writer. The Good Earth remains one of my all time favorite books. Gods Men was not as good, but still very well written and semi autobiographical.
Pearl was a gifted writer. The Good Earth remains one of my all time favorite books. Gods Men was not as good, but still very well written and semi autobiographical.
July 12, 2024
A Pearl S Buck book that I couldn't even finish??
February 16, 2025
Written 75 years ago and still very relevant.
I liked her expression of feelings between Henreta and Clem particularly. Possibly if all people had food there would be no war.
I liked her expression of feelings between Henreta and Clem particularly. Possibly if all people had food there would be no war.
December 30, 2013
I read God’s Men by Pearl Buck this week, but I’m not quite sure what I think of it yet. As always, Buck is extremely talented, and she takes what would be an off-putting topic for any other author and makes it very compelling. And yet…there’s an “and yet.” I ended up dragging myself through the book and was glad when the story ended, even though individual lines moved me. The difficulty may lie in the fact that most of the characters are unlikable or unrelatable. Characters don’t have to be either, but it does help in terms of keeping the reader engaged. The story explores the lives of two men, both the sons of (very different) missionaries, both pursuing two very different paths in life, but ultimately both consumed with a driving hunger to affect the world in some way. Buck’s works are often set in a religious context but are not themselves religious, which is in a way similar to Buck’s life: she was the daughter of missionaries in China, but had a somewhat troubled relationship with religion. There are no pat answers (or possibly any answers) in the book, which is true to life, if a tad unsatisfying. I’ll have to think about the work more.
February 26, 2015
Книгата ми хареса. Пърл Бък е нетрадиционна авторка. Според мен й е повиляло в голяма степен това, че е живяла в Китай. Накак смесена в културно отношение ми дойде книгата. Поставя интересни теми - за брака и на какво се основава щастливия брак, за взаимоотношенията между родители и порастнали деца, за манипулативността при изграждането на образи, за постигането на върхове. Не одобрих някои от изборите на героите, но независимо от това оцених високо начина, по който авторката насърчава процеса мислене у читателя.
September 7, 2015
Me gustó mucho el principio, me dije "¡qué libro más bueno, qué suerte!" y leí a la velocidad del rayo, pero después... no tanto. Parecía que los personajes se iban a encontrar, de alguna manera, en alguna parte, pero no... los "hombres de fe" (título en español) viven cada uno por su lado y... también me pareció, no solo por eso, que se desinfló el final. No hubo moraleja (o no la entendí), ni nada, y los personajes, casi todos, me decepcionaron... pero el principio y hasta la mitad, valen la pena sí o sí, leerlos.
March 11, 2015
Zwei Missionarssöhne, die in China geboren und großgeworden sind, gehen als Erwachsene in die amerikanische Heimat ihrer Vorfahren, die ihnen erst einmal völlig fremd erscheint. Trotzdem sind sie entschlossen, ihren Weg zum Erfolg zu gehen. Die Autorin, Pearl S. Buck, war selbst Missionarstochter und ist in China aufgewachsen. Deshalb klingt ihre Schilderung des Boxeraufstandes und die Beschreibung der Kaiserinwitwe Cixi so spannend und authetisch.
November 14, 2015
A contrast of character
This is not my favorite Pearl S Buck book. It starts out interesting enough in China with a compelling narrative of two boys, both the sons of missionaries caught in a country of turmoil and hatred for foreigners. One sees his family murdered but both escape China to reinvent themselves in America. One cares for the world. The other only cares for himself. A little bit too long and drawn out for me with no real ending. It left me feeling dissatisfied.
This is not my favorite Pearl S Buck book. It starts out interesting enough in China with a compelling narrative of two boys, both the sons of missionaries caught in a country of turmoil and hatred for foreigners. One sees his family murdered but both escape China to reinvent themselves in America. One cares for the world. The other only cares for himself. A little bit too long and drawn out for me with no real ending. It left me feeling dissatisfied.
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