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Sabrana dela 1: Božji ljudi

"Božji ljudi" (1951.) je roman u kojem autorica uspoređuje dva suprotstavljena životna puta i ideala dvojice Amerikanaca koji su odrasli kao sinovi misionara u Kini. Radnja se proteže od Bokserke pobune (1900.) do sredine 20. stoljeća.

Sabrana dela 20: Živa trska

"Živa trska" (1963.) je epski povijesni roman u kojem autorica kroz sudbine četiri generacije aristokratske korejske obitelji Kim (iz klana Andong) prikazuje burnu povijest Koreje od kraja 19. stoljeća do kraja Drugog svjetskog rata (1881.–1945.).

Sabrana dela 2: Dobra zemlja

Pearl S. Buck prikazuje život kineskog seljaka Wanga Lunga, njegov uspon od siromaštva do bogatstva te raspad obiteljskih veza. Roman istražuje odnos čovjeka i zemlje, tradicije, društvenih promjena i moralnih kušnji.

Sabrana dela 3: Drugi bogovi

Roman Drugi bogovi je satirična i psihološka priča o američkom kultu slavnih, idolatriji i potrebi mase da stvori “bogove” od običnih ljudi.

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.