![]() ![]() The family moves south, begging on the street during the day and loading cargo at night to survive. Lung is proud of his land but has to find other ways of making money and refuses to sell it. Throughout their life, they have multiple children and work off their debt in the fields. The story begins with Wang Lung, an impoverished young man who marries a slave girl named O-lan. Many decades after its publication, it was recommended by Oprah’s Book Club. ![]() It was adapted into both a play and movie. Other themes in the book influenced by early twentieth century Chinese culture include foot binding, opium addiction, oppression of women, material wealth, and human relationships to the earth.īuck received praise for this work through Life magazine’s list of outstanding books (1924-1944). ![]() We learned by example to judge people by character and intelligence rather than by race or sect.” “Happy for me that I had such parents, for instead of the narrow and conventional life of the white man in Asia, I lived with the Chinese people and spoke their tongue as I spoke my own. ![]()
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