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Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck in China

by Hilary Spurling
₱688.05 ₱490.05 29% off
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Pearl Buck's poignant, intimate Chinese-American odyssey.

If the intricate weave of history, personal struggle, and rich cultural tapestry intrigues you, "Burying the Bones" will resonate deeply. Hilary Spurling delves into the complex life of Pearl Buck, unveiling the trials that shaped her into a bestselling author and bridged the chasm between East and West. It's a read that's as enlightening as it is moving, revealing the humanity behind a woman who bore witness to a pivotal time in cross-cultural history.

  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck in China

by Hilary Spurling
₱688.05 ₱490.05 29% off
ISBN: 9781861978288
Authors: Hilary Spurling
Publisher: Profile Books
Date of Publication: 2010-03-25
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: History, Personal Development, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Memoir, Asia, Biography Memoir, Biography
Goodreads rating: 3.82
(rated by 1153 readers)

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This is a thrilling portrait of the extraordinary childhood of Pearl Buck, the now-forgotten bestselling Nobel Prize-winning novelist. Pearl Buck was raised in China by her American parents, Presbyterian missionaries from Virginia. Blonde and blue-eyed, she looked startlingly foreign but felt at home with her Chinese companions. She ran free on the grave-littered grasslands behind her house, often stumbling across the tiny bones of baby girls who had been suffocated at birth. Buck's father was a terrifying figure with a maniacal zeal for religious conversion, draining the family's budget for his Chinese translation of the New Testament. Pearl Buck would eventually rise to eminence in America as a bestselling author. In this biography, Spurling recounts with elegance and great insight her upbringing in a China virtually unknown to the West.
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Pearl Buck's poignant, intimate Chinese-American odyssey.

If the intricate weave of history, personal struggle, and rich cultural tapestry intrigues you, "Burying the Bones" will resonate deeply. Hilary Spurling delves into the complex life of Pearl Buck, unveiling the trials that shaped her into a bestselling author and bridged the chasm between East and West. It's a read that's as enlightening as it is moving, revealing the humanity behind a woman who bore witness to a pivotal time in cross-cultural history.

  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.