A House Divided, Pearl S. Buck
A House Divided, Pearl S. Buck
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A House Divided

Author: Pearl S. Buck

Narrator: Adam Verner

Unabridged: 13 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/14/2017

Synopsis

The conclusion to Buck’s celebrated Good Earth trilogy: the story of a man’s return to a homeland embroiled in revolutionOn the eve of a popular rebellion, the Chinese government starts to crack down in cities across the country. Fleeing the turmoil, Wang Yuan, the son of a famous general and grandson of the patriarch of The Good Earth, leaves for America to study agriculture. When he returns to China six years later, he encounters a nation still in the grip of violent uprisings. Unprepared for the social upheaval, Wang is torn by the tensions between old traditions and new ways, and by his formidable family, whose struggles he hopes to solve.A reflective finale to Buck’s groundbreaking and bestselling trilogy, A House Divided is a rich and unforgettable portrait of a family—and a nation—in transition.

About Pearl S. Buck

Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973), the daughter of missionaries, was born in West Virginia but spent most of her time until 1934 in China. She began writing while in China and published her first novel shortly after returning to the United States. Her novel The Good Earth was the bestselling fiction book in the United States in 1931 and 1932, and it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938 she became the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, “for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces.”

About Adam Verner

Adam Verner is a stage, film, television, and voice actor and an Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator. He holds a BS in theater arts from Bradley University and an MFA from Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on November 23, 2012

Not many who have read the "Good Earth Trilogy" are likely to agree with me, but this was my favorite book in the series that begins with the The Good Earth, followed by Sons. That is not to say it is the best or most important book in the trilogy, for that depends on what terms we are speaking. All......more

Goodreads review by Clif on September 03, 2018

This third book in the Good Earth/Sons/A House Divided trilogy follows the life of Wang Yuan, son of a local warlord and grandson the the patriarch of The Good Earth. He has left the revolutionary movement brewing in the south, but finds that he can’t tolerate living with the old traditions of h......more

Goodreads review by Phrodrick slowed his growing backlog on November 02, 2019

Back in the 1950’s and early 60’s all anyone needed to know about China was In Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth. That it was the first in a trilogy was mostly overlooked. The Good Earth Chinese were a vastly ignorant group of mostly hard working, fugal farmers. Tied to their land and traditions that were......more

Goodreads review by Angie on January 24, 2012

I'm glad to see how The Good Earth trilogy played out, but A House Divided is nowhere near the book that The Good Earth is. It took me almost two months to read it. It had endearing moments, but did nothing to hold my attention. This book was very easy to put down and forget about for several days a......more

Goodreads review by Sally68 on January 31, 2019

Tre e mezza.. In questo terzo libro si raccontano le vicende di Yuan, figlio di Wang La Tigre, nipote di Wang Lung. Fin da piccolo Wang La Tigre instrada il figlio a una vita militare riponendo in lui tante aspettative, tanto da fargli fare un vita a se, nell'intento di farne un buon guerriero. Cresc......more

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“A House Divided is built around China in revolution and the conflict between the young and old generations…A rich and illuminating book.”

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