Audiobooks by Pearl S. Buck

"Esta novela cuenta la historia de llamado Rann, un joven dotado de una extraordinaria inteligencia y sensibilidad, que busca el sentido de la vida. «El eterno asombro» supone el regreso de la premio Nobel de Literatura y premio Pulitzer, con esta novela escrita en 1973 y que permaneció oculta hasta el día de hoy. Cuarenta años después de su escritura, y encontrada en el trastero de una granja de Texas, la obra ha supuesto un gran acontecimiento editorial que ha generado un enorme interés a nivel internacional. Una novela de aprendizaje a cuyo protagonista, Randolph Colfax, un joven extraordinariamente dotado, la búsqueda del sentido y la finalidad de la vida conduce a Nueva York, Inglaterra, París, una misión de vigilancia en la zona desmilitarizada de Corea que cambiará su vida para siempre y, en última instancia, al amor. Rann, que es su diminutivo, cae enamorado de la hermosa e igualmente brillante Stephanie Kung, que vive en París con su padre chino y que no mantiene contacto con su madre estadounidense, la cual abandonó a su familia cuando Stephanie tenía seis años. Rann y Stephanie ansían encontrar el sentido de una identidad auténtica. Rann se siente acosado por su voraz curiosidad intelectual y se esfuerza en integrar la vida del espíritu con su experiencia del mundo. Stephanie se siente enajenada de la sociedad a consecuencia de sus orígenes mestizos y lucha por resolver el choque cultural al que ve sometida su existencia. Separados durante largas temporadas, su reencuentro final conduce a una conclusión que ni siquiera Rann, pese a toda la sabiduría que ha acumulado con enorme esfuerzo, podría haber imaginado. Una emotiva y fascinante aventura que explora los temas más queridos de su autora, es quizá la obra más personal y apasionada de esta y sin duda atrapará a los millones de lectores que han venerado sus novelas a lo largo de varias generaciones."

Pearl S. Buck (Author), Bárbara De Lema (Narrator)

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A House Divided

"The conclusion to Buck’s celebrated Good Earth trilogy: the story of a man’s return to a homeland embroiled in revolution On 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."

Pearl S. Buck (Author), Adam Verner (Narrator)

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Sons

"The second installment in Pearl S. Buck’s acclaimed Good Earth trilogy: the powerful story of three brothers whose greed will bring their family to the brink of ruin Sons begins where The Good Earth ended: revolution is sweeping through China. Wang Lung is on his deathbed in the house of his fathers, and his three sons stand ready to inherit his hard-won estate. One son has taken the family’s wealth for granted and become a landlord; another is a thriving merchant and moneylender; and the youngest, an ambitious general, is destined to be a leader in the country. Through all his life’s changes, Wang did not anticipate that each son would hunger to sell his beloved land for maximum profit. At once a tribute to early Chinese fiction, a saga of family dissension, and a depiction of the clashes between old and new, Sons is a vivid and compelling masterwork of fiction."

Pearl S. Buck (Author), Adam Verner (Narrator)

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Peony: A Novel of China

"Young Peony is sold into a rich Chinese household as a bondmaid - an awkward role in which she is more a servant, but less a daughter. As she grows into a lovely, provocative young woman, Peony falls in love with the family's only son. However, tradition forbids them to wed. How she resolves her love for him and her devotion to her adoptive family unfolds in this profound tale, based on true events in China over a century ago."

Pearl S. Buck (Author), Kirsten Potter (Narrator)

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Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China

"The story of Tzu Hsi is the story of the last Empress in China. In this audio book, Pearl S. Buck recreates the life of one of the most intriguing rules during a time of intense turbulence. Tzu Hsi was born into one of the lowly ranks of the Imperial dynasty. According to custom, she moved to the Forbidden City at the age of seventeen to become one of hundreds of concubines. But her singular beauty and powers of manipulation quickly moved her into the position of Second Consort. Tzu Hsi was feared and hated by many in the court, but adored by the people. The Empress’s rise to power (even during her husband’s life) parallels the story of China’s transition from the ancient to the modern way. Pearl S. Buck’s knowledge of and fascination with the Empress’s life are contagious. She reveals the essence of this self-involved and infamous last Empress, at the same time she takes the listener through China’s struggle for freedom and democracy."

Pearl S. Buck (Author), Kirsten Potter (Narrator)

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Pavilion of Women

"On her fortieth birthday, Madame Wu carries out a decision she has been planning for a long time: she tells her husband that after twenty-four years their physical life together is now over and she wishes him to take a second wife. The House of Wu, one of the oldest and most revered in China, is thrown into an uproar by her decision, but Madame Wu will not be dissuaded and arranges for a young country girl to come take her place in bed. Elegant and detached, Madame Wu orchestrates this change as she manages everything in the extended household of more than sixty relatives and servants. Alone in her own quarters, she relishes her freedom and reads books she has never been allowed to touch. When her son begins English lessons, she listens, and is soon learning from the "foreigner," a free-thinking priest named Brother Andre, who will change her life. Pavilion of Women is a thought-provoking combination of Old China, unorthodox Christianity, and liberation, written by Pearl S. Buck, a Nobel Prize winner born and raised in China. Few stories raise so many questions about the nature and roles of men and women, about self-discipline and happiness. At the center is the amazing Madame Wu -brilliant, beautiful, full of contradictions and authority."

Pearl S. Buck (Author), Adam Verner (Narrator)

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Dragon Seed

"One of the more political novels from the pen of Pearl Buck, Dragon Seed brings to light the tragedy of the Japanese invasion and occupation of mainland China during WWII. Centering her story around the fictional family of Ling Tan, Buck recreates the heart wrenching devastation that war inflicted on these gentle innocent people. Ling Tan and his family were simple farmers living in peaceful isolation. Western technology, and likewise the machinery of war, were unknown in these outlying regions of China. And even though literacy was on the rise among the younger generations, the alarming reports of foreign aggression went largely ignored. For the peasants, the transition from one political ruler to another was virtually inconsequential; life revolved around their farms and their villages. Patriotism was not the concept of loving and defending a country; their land was their country. But as the invasion moves inland and the roads are jammed with survivors fleeing west, Ling Tan and his neighbors are forced to face the harsh realities of war. "Days passed and with the rulers gone the people held themselves the more steadfast knowing that they and they alone were left to stand against the enemy and upon each man himself now depended what would happen. So it had happened again and again in other times, for rulers anywhere are always the first to fly, and the people must stay behind to be steadfast.""

Pearl S. Buck (Author), Adam Verner (Narrator)

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[German] - Die gute Erde

"Der berühmteste Roman der Literaturnobelpreisträgerin Pearl S. Buck gelesen von Ulrich Noethen. Es ist die ergreifende Geschichte des armen Bauern Wang Lung, der sich mit Fleiß, Sparsamkeit und Verzicht großen Reichtum erwirbt. Weder Hungersnöte noch Überschwemmungen können Wang entmutigen, auf seine 'gute Erde' zu vertrauen. Doch die Freude über sein Glück wird ihm zusehends durch seine drei Söhne genommen, die keineswegs in seine Fußstapfen treten wollen. Ein epischer Roman aus dem China des beginnenden 20. Jahrhunderts über die Liebe und darüber, was im Leben wirklich zählt. Neu herausgegeben und mit einem Vorwort von Tilman Spengler. Pearl S. Buck wurde 1892 in West Virginia (USA) geboren. Im Alter von fünf Monaten kam sie mit ihren Eltern, die in der Mission tätig waren, nach China, wo sie 40 Jahre ihres Lebens verbrachte. Für ihr Buch 'Die gute Erde' bekam sie 1931 den Pulitzerpreis sowie 1938 als erste amerikanische Frau den Nobelpreis. 1934 verließ sie China und lebte und arbeitete in New York und Pennsylvania, wo sie im Alter von 80 Jahren starb. Ulrich Noethen, 1959 in München geboren, gehört zu den Vielseitigsten der jungen Schauspielergeneration in Deutschland. Seine Karriere begann im Theater, in den letzten Jahren spielte der vielfach ausgezeichnete Darsteller aber auch in namhaften Kinoproduktionen, u. a. in 'Comedian Harmonists' und 'Das fliehende Pferd'. Herausgeber Tilman Spengler, 1947 in Oberhausen geboren, zählt zu den renommiertesten Chinakennern Deutschlands. Neben seiner wissenschaftlichen und journalistischen Tätigkeit schreibt er Romane und Drehbücher."

Pearl S. Buck (Author), Ulrich Noethen (Narrator)

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The Good Earth

"This Pulitzer Prize-winning classic tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family. Nearby, the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers, but they will soon meet their own downfall. Hard times come upon Wang Lung and his family when flood and drought force them to seek work in the city. The working people riot, breaking into the homes of the rich and forcing them to flee. When Wang Lung shows mercy to one noble and is rewarded, he begins to rise in the world, even as the House of Hwang falls."

Pearl S. Buck (Author), Anthony Heald (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - La Buena Tierra

"Con La Buena Tierra la escritora estadounidense Pearl Buck gano el Premio Nobel de 1938, ya que este retrato de un campesino chino, pobrisimo, que a medida que va consiguiendo riquezas se vuelve mas depravado y se llena de vicios, tiene características universales y su hermoso lirismo, ademas de lo fuerte del argumento convirtio la novela en un clasico desde su misma publicacion. Es una obra inolvidable y hay quienes aseguran que la pueden leer una y otra vez, por que en esta obra siempre se encuentra algo nuevo."

Pearl S. Buck (Author), Laura García (Narrator)

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