She supposed to be famous but I didn't hear of her till my english class did. Please dont look it up I want to see if I am dumb or just like everyone else.
2006-11-29 12:25:39 · 14 answers · asked by avni028 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
You are not dumb but you are young and have not had much education as yet and there is so much to learn
Most people who are over 30 know who Pearl S. Buck was. She wrote wonderful books mostly about China because she had been raised there by missionary parents.
She was also a great humanitarian who founded the Pearl Buck Foundation.
http://www.english.upenn.edu/Projects/Buck/foundation.html
I think my favorite books she wrote are: The Good Earth and Imperial Woman
I really love her work. I am sorry you are forced to read it in school because that may taint a great author's works for you.
Keep an open mind and read The Good Earth.
I always weep to myself when I hear a young person complaining about being forced to read one book or another and I know the book is a work of art in literature.
2006-11-29 12:31:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pearl S. Buck was the author of "The Good Earth," which described a Chinese family who was very much in poverty. They hung in with the cards of life that they were dealt, and there are many twists and turns to be had as well.
I recommend reading this book if you wish to know more about a great author like Buck.
2006-11-29 12:53:21 · answer #2 · answered by nowandforever727 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It took me a while, but I remember that she wrote The Good Earth. It was chosen by Oprah's book club or something like that. The book also had a little biography of her, so I know she grew up in China. I haven't heard of her other books, but if getting on Oprah's list constitutes being famous, then she is.
2006-11-29 12:37:36 · answer #3 · answered by bictor717 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Good Earth
2006-11-29 14:08:26 · answer #4 · answered by LLL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She wrote the Good Earth and won a Nobel prize for literature.
She lived in China as a kid and adult. 40 years total in China.
2006-12-01 22:10:38 · answer #5 · answered by Professor Sheed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do, but then I read A LOT. She wrote "The Good Earth" and was raised in China by her missionary parents.
2006-11-29 12:33:54 · answer #6 · answered by count scratchula 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Good Earth...we all had to read it in high school!!!! You're not dumb, you probably just had no interest in it to even know about it!
2006-11-29 14:31:13 · answer #7 · answered by UGG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She was an author, famous in the 1950's. I remember my mother reading her books.
2006-11-29 13:55:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I learned about her in English class too....many, many years ago. :) She wrote "The Good Earth."
2006-11-29 12:30:51 · answer #9 · answered by wonderwoobie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do =]
i read "the good earth" a while back.. i loved it
apparently, she's more well known among older generation asian people.. my mom read her books when she was young..
so don't feel too bad ^^
2006-11-29 16:07:56 · answer #10 · answered by ღnekoshii 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋