American literature

Sabrana dela 2: Dobra zemlja

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.

Sabrana dela 3: Drugi bogovi

The novel Other Gods is a satirical and psychological story about the American cult of celebrity, idolatry, and the need of the masses to create "gods" out of ordinary people.

Sabrana dela 4: Duga ljubav

Edward "Ned" Haslatt loves his wife Margaret devotedly, but their marriage is a silent battle between his idealized devotion and her sharp, level-headed pragmatism—a search for a love that matures, not burns out.

Sabrana dela 5: Duh i telo (Izgnanstvo / Ratoborni anđeo)

In two memorial portraits, Buck writes about his mother Caroline, a lonely and imaginative exile, and his father Absalom, a stern missionary-warrior—two contrasting souls in the shadow of China.

Sabrana dela 6: Glasovi u kući

In the patrician Asher family, longtime servants and their daughter Jessica live in the shadow of their master; when the girl gets out of control, the stability of the house collapses.

Sabrana dela 7: Istočni vetar – zapadni vetar

"East Wind, West Wind" (1930) is one of Pearl S. Buck's early novels. In an arranged marriage to a Western-educated husband, young Kwei-lan slowly abandons tradition and discovers love in the clash of two cultures.

Sabrana dela 8: Jedan brak

Krajem 19. stoljeća bogati mladi slikar William zaljubljuje se u nepismenu seljačku kćer Ruth; unatoč okolini koja ih pokušava razdvojiti, vjenčaju se i provode zajedno gotovo cijeli vijek.

Sabrana dela 9: Mandala

Mandala je jedan od najzrelijih i najduhovnijih romana Pearl S. Buck, rijetko djelo smješteno u Indiju. Naslov Mandala (simbol cjelovitosti) savršeno odražava srž priče: potragu za smislom, cjelovitošću i pomirenjem suprotnosti.

Sabrna dela 18: Tvorac grada

Tvorac grada (1945.) prvi je roman koji je Pearl S. Buck objavila pod pseudonimom John Sedges, kako bi se okušala u priči o američkom Zapadu bez očekivanja vezanih uz njezina kineska djela.

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