Short Story Collections
VG mustard covers, slight spine sunning, 1st edn, couple of spots on tp and few pages.
How often have you heard it said of If it could only last! For, during this all too brief holiday each year, there does exist among so many people a feeling of friendliness and brotherhood... a spirit of peace on earth, good will to men.Pearl Buck writes about this unique and mysterious Christmas spirit and its many and varied manifestations for young and old in this very special book. Here she has gathered together her own stories and her Christmas reminiscences of nearly a lifetime. Whether a tale for children or a wise story for mature men and women, each selection reveals the perception and deep humanity of this master story teller and Nobel Prize winner.
Un día feliz es la historia de una madre americana y sus dos hijas en un puerto japones. Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck, más conocida como Pearl S. Buck, fue una escritora estadounidense, ganadora del Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1938. Es la primera mujer estadounidense y de América en ganar el Premio Nobel de Literatura. Pasó la mitad de su vida en China, donde la llevaron sus padres misioneros con tres meses de edad y donde vivió unos cuarenta años. Es conocida por el apellido de su primer marido, Buck.
OUR COPY HAS THE SAME COVER AS STOCK PHOTO SHOWN. SCUFFING, EDGE WEAR, CREASING AND SOME DISCOLORATION ON COVERS AND SPINE. AGE RELATED TANNING INSIDE COVERS AND ON PAGES. STICKER PASTED INSIDE FRONT COVER.
Hardbound, mylar dust cover, clean and solid, ex-library
A superb copy, unmarked and unclipped, in a Brodart jacket cover.
Stories from the Old Testament in the Bible by famous author Pearl S. Buck
In this stunning accomplishment from the great Nobel & Pulitzer Prize-winning author, 72 major stories from the Old & New Testaments are retold in the language of today--the Creation of the World and the Garden of Eden; the Tower of Babel; Jesus in the Wilderness; more.
An illustrated treasury of stories for kids, including two Christmas tales, from the beloved Pulitzer and Nobel Prize–winning author of The Good Earth . This collection of more than twenty stories brings readers back to the timeless fascinations of childhood—thunderstorms and star-filled skies, rabbits and rosebushes—and journeys into the larger world we discover as we grow older, learning about foreign languages and different cultures, or responsibilities like caring for an elderly grandparent. It also includes two Christmas classics, as well as a humorous tale of how cats and dogs came to dislike each other. Divided into sections for both little children and bigger ones, A Gift for the Children is a joy in any season, whether you’re reading out loud at bedtime or encouraging kids to read on their own. From the New York Times –bestselling author famed for her travels and adventures, particularly in China, it’s a delightful, heartwarming, and enriching volume of short fiction.
INCLUDES: 1.) Until tomorrow -- 2.) Fool's sacrifice -- 3.) The golden bowl -- 4.) India, India -- 5.) Letter from India -- 6.) To whom a child is born -- 7.) Dream child
Pearl Buck is concerned with the joys and pains of love in her novella Wonderful Woman and the stories Here and Now, Morning in the Park, The Woman in the Waves, and Secrets of the Heart
Six short stories and one novella center on one basic thematic concern: the outsider who, uncomfortable in the role society has imposed upon him, struggles to define his own existence
This book contains "The Good Earth"..."Imperial Woman"..."The China I K new"..Second.Printing
