Literature

Sabrana dela 20: Živa trska

„Das lebende Schilfrohr“ (1963) ist ein epischer historischer Roman, in dem der Autor die turbulente Geschichte Koreas vom Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zum Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs (1881–1945) anhand der Schicksale von vier Generationen der aristokrat

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

Sabrana dela 9: Mandala

Mandala is one of Pearl S. Buck's most mature and spiritual novels, a rare work set in India. The title Mandala (symbol of wholeness) perfectly captures the core of the story: a search for meaning, wholeness, and the reconciliation of opposites.

Sabrana dela Leonida Leonova - Soć, skakavci

The novel depicts social and moral changes in Russia after the revolution.