
American literature • Psychological novel
Pearl S. Buck depicts the life of Chinese peasant Wang Lung, his rise from poverty to wealth, and the disintegration of family ties. The novel explores the relationship between man and land, tradition, social change, and moral challenges.
*The Good Earth* by Pearl S. Buck is one of the most famous novels of the 20th century and a seminal work by the author who brought the Chinese rural world closer to millions of Western readers. The plot follows the life of Wang Lung, a humble Chinese peasant who marries a maidservant named O-Lan, a woman of modest, quiet, but extremely strong character. At the heart of the novel is man’s relat...
Zabavna biblioteka - Naklada tiskare Narodnih novina, 1936.Hardcover.

Literature for children • Adventure novel
Staś Tarkowski and little Nel Rawlinson are kidnapped during the Mahdi's rebellion in Africa. The children flee through the Sahara Desert and the rainforest, facing danger, hunger, and wild animals.
*In the Desert and in the Jungle* (1911) is the most famous Polish children's and adventure novel, although it is also read with pleasure by adults. The work was written as a gift from Sienkiewicz to his grandchildren and quickly became a classic of world literature for young people.
The action takes place in the 1880s in Egypt and Sudan during the Mahdist rebellion against Egyptian-British ...
Jutarnji list, 2004.Paperback.