The Good Earth

The story of one poor Chinese peasant, Wang Lung, becomes under Mrs. Buck's sensitive fingers an epic of the soil, a universal tale of the destiny of all men, in all countries and at all times. It is a story told with power and dramatic reality, an amazing book that captures the spirit of the real China, that makes the essential qualities of the Chinese as vivid and familiar as those of one's neighbors. THE GOOD EARTH, a saga of a man who loved the soil above all else, is a book to read and reread; it affords a rare and thrilling experience.
"It's not only the greatest book about a people ever written, but the best book of our generation. So get this and read it!"
— Will Rogers