Book Blab: In Which "The Good Earth" Persuades the US to Go to War Because of a Chinese Farmer

24/04/2022 34 min Temporada 1 Episodio 2

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Pearl S. Buck’s “The Good Earth” – the story of a turn-of-the-century Chinese farmer's tumultuous rise to luxuriant prosperity – attracted readers of all kinds during the book’s 1931 publication.
The DC's Simone Melvin speaks with DC Editor-in-Chief Audrey McClure about the novel's ability to inspire solidarity between its protagonist Wang Lung and readers across borders, race and time.