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Sons (House of Earth #2)
Second in the trilogy that began with The Good Earth, Buck's classic and starkly real tale of sons rising against their honored fathers tells of the bitter struggle to the death between the old and the new in China. Revolutions sweep the vast nation, leaving destruction and death in their wake, yet also promising emancipation to China's oppressed millions who are groping f...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
January 1st 2005
by Moyer Bell
(first published September 1st 1932)
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Bila The Good Earth menyelami kehidupan Wang Lung yang berusaha bekerja keras hingga dia dapat mengumpulkan kekayaannya kepada keluarganya ( benar-benar keagungan keluarga itu dimulai dari nol ), betapa pada buku sebelumnya kita terharu akan perngorbanan Wang Lung dan istrinya O-lan yang rela melepas segala-galanya - termasuk hidupnya - agar sawah milik mereka dapat bertahan, maka novel SONS ini menanamkan kepada kita kebencian bagi putra-putra Wang Lung yang tidak tahu berterima kasih. Dengan g...more
Buku kedua Trilogi ini, seperti judulnya, mengisahkan tentang anak-anak Wang Lung. Wang Lung yang akhirnya tutup usia, meninggalkan anak-anak dan gundiknya, serta kembalinya si nomor tiga, Wang Si Macan, bersama pasukannya.
Pada akhirnya buku ini lebih banyak fokus pada sepak terjang si nomor tiga yang sangat berambisi untuk memimpin pasukan. Menggunakan modal yang sangat besar dari harta warisannya, dia membentuk sebuah pasukan perang dan menaklukkan daerah-daerah sekitarnya.
Buku ini banyak meng...more
Pada akhirnya buku ini lebih banyak fokus pada sepak terjang si nomor tiga yang sangat berambisi untuk memimpin pasukan. Menggunakan modal yang sangat besar dari harta warisannya, dia membentuk sebuah pasukan perang dan menaklukkan daerah-daerah sekitarnya.
Buku ini banyak meng...more
After reading The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck I decided to read the second book in the trilogy, Sons. It's a romantic and adventurous novel that gives a better glimpse into Chinese culture and traditions.
After Wang Lung's death his sons reunite and plan their future with his estate. The youngest son, Wang the Tiger, returns from his long journey with an army from the south. As they all secretly plan in their minds what they will do with their money and land Wang the Tiger has no plan for lands...more
After Wang Lung's death his sons reunite and plan their future with his estate. The youngest son, Wang the Tiger, returns from his long journey with an army from the south. As they all secretly plan in their minds what they will do with their money and land Wang the Tiger has no plan for lands...more
I loved The Good Earth, so I was looking forward to finding out what happened next. Sons got off to a slow start with way too much information about the funeral of Wang Lung. When I really got to know the sons, they were each one-dimensional: the lazy landlord, the miser and the warrior. They were not too complicated. I gave the book three stars, though, because I liked following the story. And I smiled at the ending.
This is my second book by Pearl Buck. Sons is the sequel to The Good Earth, and it is as strong as the first. I love the way in which Buck tells a story. Her writing has a natural rhythm to it that I find to be both conforting and engaging. Her characters are compelling and consistent in their nature, as human beings generally are, so there is also much realism to the tale that Buck tells.
Sons picks up where The Good Earth leaves off with the story of Wang Lu's three sons and their families. It'...more
Sons picks up where The Good Earth leaves off with the story of Wang Lu's three sons and their families. It'...more
This second in Pearl Buck's "The Good Earth" trilogy was not nearly as captivating as the first. The story centered around Wang the Tiger, an angry, fierce warlord. His complicated character did keep me interested and rapidly reading, but I hoped he would have ended up with a little more redeeming of a character than he did.
I enjoy Buck's illustrations of her characters but sometimes they seem too much that way... characters instead of people: the fat, lazy landlord, the tight-fisted merchant, t...more
I enjoy Buck's illustrations of her characters but sometimes they seem too much that way... characters instead of people: the fat, lazy landlord, the tight-fisted merchant, t...more
(688 pgs.) The continuing story of Wang Lung's sons and their families. The second in a trilogy that starts with The Good Earth. It continues the story of Wang Lung's sons (Wang the Landlord, Wang the Merchant, and Wang the Tiger, a warlord). It is well-written but I enjoyed The Good Earth better. I thought I had read this book years ago but realized a little way into the book that I had never read it. I enjoyed it very much. One thing that was very annoying about this book were the constant typ...more
This is the second volume in the Good Earth Trilogy by Pearl Buck. The copyright is 1932 but the read is a spell binder as the integral story of a Chinese three/four generation family unfolds. Buck has a marvelous way of writing that introduces the main characters who come alive off the page. This book is about the father's (previous book-The Good Earth) three sons; their families, vocations, personalities, family secrets. SONS has the massiveness of the nature of a sage. It is full of incident,...more
Sepertinya aku perlu memakai konsep ini, untuk membuat review di saat aku merasa ingin membuatnya, mungkin tak perlu menundanya hingga kuselesaikan. Toh, tak ada yang melarang review bertahap kan ? :D
Ini terbukti dari buku satu ini, saat tinggal kurang dari 20 halaman lagi buku ini kuselesaikan, aku sangat ingin menulis reviewnya, eh, setelah selesai malah niat itu tak kunjung bersambut. Ada saja rasa malas yang menundanya. 'Feel'-nya sudah mulai hilang.
Buku ini sebenarnya berjudul Sons, yang me...more
Ini terbukti dari buku satu ini, saat tinggal kurang dari 20 halaman lagi buku ini kuselesaikan, aku sangat ingin menulis reviewnya, eh, setelah selesai malah niat itu tak kunjung bersambut. Ada saja rasa malas yang menundanya. 'Feel'-nya sudah mulai hilang.
Buku ini sebenarnya berjudul Sons, yang me...more
This is a sequel to Pearl Buck's most famous book, The Good Earth, following the lives of Wang Lung's three sons for about 30 to 40 years, after the father's death. None of the sons wants to work the land that their father prized so highly, and all are eager to sell some or all of that land, in spite of their promises. The eldest son loves a life of complete idleness and luxury and raises his own sons in that same lifestyle. The second son is a hard-working but fairly greedy merchant, who want m...more
This felt like a natural continuation of The Good Earth. The writing was very similar and it was about characters that were at least mentioned in the first book. I found it a little disjointed how in the beginning of the book it was all about Wang the Landlord and Wang the Merchant but suddenly became all about Wang the Tiger. It's really his book and most of the book is about him pining for a son, or being disappointed in a son, or jealous of his son thus the title I guess. It is also about how...more
It had been a long while since I had read 'The Good Earth,' but I really enjoyed Buck's literary voice and her insight into an intriguing culture in a particularly interesting time in its history. Thankfully the important events and relationships established in her first novel are evoked again in this sequel, and the fate of Wang Lung's three sons is followed. Buck tells a well-woven tale of personal ambition, familial duty, the many varying relationships between men and women unique to the time...more
It's funny how a book grows in your mind long after you've read it. Pearl Buck's "The Good Earth" was that kind of experience for me. At the time I first read it, I had no idea it was part of a trilogy, much less a Pulitzer Prize winning trilogy. And when I found out, I hurried off to find the next installment, "Sons", Book 2 in the House of Earth series. Did I really only give "The Good Earth" 3 stars? I upped to to four.
This book, like the initial installment, is working on many different leve...more
This book, like the initial installment, is working on many different leve...more
Well this book picks up immediately after "The Good Earth" ends. It continues in the same themes as the first book. However, the main character in "The Good Earth" is likeable and his sons are not. They are lazy, spoiled, full of themselves, deluded, push-overs, mean, spiteful, not enjoyable people!! It definitely gave me a lot to think about earning something for yourself through hard work and having something handed to your with no effort! Also, the effects we have on our children, especially...more
Buku kedua Trilogi karya Pearl S Buck. Buku pertama trilogi ini The Good Earth membuat aku jatuh cinta dan memburu-buru buku eyang Pearl. Cukup susah buat mencari kelanjutannya maupun mencari karya beliau, apalagi waktu itu masih tinggal di Papua.
Sesuai judulnya, buku kedua ini lebih banyak bercerita tentang anak-anak Wang Lung setelah tutup usia, meninggalkan anak-anak dan gundiknya, serta kembalinya si nomor tiga, Wang Si Macan, bersama pasukannya. Wang menjadi fokus utama, sepak terjang si n...more
Sesuai judulnya, buku kedua ini lebih banyak bercerita tentang anak-anak Wang Lung setelah tutup usia, meninggalkan anak-anak dan gundiknya, serta kembalinya si nomor tiga, Wang Si Macan, bersama pasukannya. Wang menjadi fokus utama, sepak terjang si n...more
Buku ini bagian kedua dari trilogi Dinasti Wang. Di buku ini, fokusnya beralih dari kehidupan Wang Lung, si Petani, ke anak-anaknya. Tapi main focus-nya lebih ke anaknya yang ketiga, Wang si Macan.
Singkat cerita, Wang Lung akhirnya meninggal dalam usia tua. Harta yang dia kumpulin lantas dibagi-bagi menjadi milik anak-anaknya. Anaknya yang pertama, disebut Wang si Tuan Tanah, mengelola tanah pertanian milik Wang Lung. Bukan dengan membajak dan menanam padi sendiri, sih. Tapi disewain sama para p...more
Singkat cerita, Wang Lung akhirnya meninggal dalam usia tua. Harta yang dia kumpulin lantas dibagi-bagi menjadi milik anak-anaknya. Anaknya yang pertama, disebut Wang si Tuan Tanah, mengelola tanah pertanian milik Wang Lung. Bukan dengan membajak dan menanam padi sendiri, sih. Tapi disewain sama para p...more
wow. This writing is luminous. I felt the same heartstrings, the complexity of family dynamics and character development. Then I worried. "How the hell is Pearl going to pull this together for an ending. Surely it will be a let down."
Pearl had talent galore. And quite the attention to detail to not disappoint all of us whom have loved THE GOOD EARTH. She did not write her way into a corner or take the easy road out. Another, WOW, powerful ending...and in her style...right through to the last wo...more
Pearl had talent galore. And quite the attention to detail to not disappoint all of us whom have loved THE GOOD EARTH. She did not write her way into a corner or take the easy road out. Another, WOW, powerful ending...and in her style...right through to the last wo...more
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This is the first of two sequels to “The Good Earth” and I enjoyed it as much or more than Buck’s account of Wang Lung and his family. The sons mentioned in the title are Wang Lung’s sons: Wang the Landlord, wealthy, fat, and indolent; Wang the Merchant, also wealthy and successful; and Wang the Tiger, who left his father’s home to be a warrior and who is now General of a large army. Wang the Tiger depends on his brothers to help him fund his army, mostly by selling land that their father had ma...more
After reading, and loving, 'The Good Earth', I decided to read the next two books in this trilogy. This book continues the story of Wang Lung and his sons and posterity. Thought-provoking is the relationship of the three brothers and how their lives are so far different from one another. And last but not least, I am SO grateful to not have lived during these times when a woman had no value. Now onto book three, 'A House Divided'.
I liked this book at least as well if not more than the Good Earth. Wang the Tiger is an interesting character. I can't quite figure out why he has so much bitterness toward his father.....the whole Pear Blossom thing doesn't seem like enough. I appreciate that he loves his son so much, even though he is blind to his son's desires. I felt bad for him that so much of his life has been lonely and sad. Wang the Landord and Wang the Merchant are so character-ish and single sided that I didn't connec...more
I wavered between 3 stars and 4. I liked this book a lot. It felt like a natural continuation of The Good Earth--one long book in two volumes. That said, the first book did feel as though it had a solid ending and this one does not. So although I am certain the final book will feel like a continuation and conclusion of this family's story, it would have been nice if there had been a clear end to this section. I loved Pear Blossom best, but we saw less and less of her as the years went by. And I...more
A fantastic book in it's own right even if it's a sequel to The Good Earth. The continued story following Wang The Farmer's sons is hilarious and sombering at the same time. I find these characters are more human than some of the people I see even in the flesh. The flow is swift and the voice of all the characters are so dramatically different, that again, I am enraptured.
I loved the Good Earth and couldn't wait to read it's sequel, Sons, but I was slightly disappointed. It follows Wang Lung's family following his death, and I couldn't help but think that he would also be disappointed with how his sons behaved once he was gone. I must say, however, that it left me with hope for the next book, and I look forward to reading it soon.
I liked the natural even rhythm of story-telling. All three of Wang Lung’s sons are so different and it was intriguing to get into each one’s head. The characters were well developed and realistic. I found it amusing to read about characters that just don’t get other people who have different ideas other than their own. The Good Earth did not have slow stretches for me but Sons unfortunately did. Overall a great book.
I was dismayed to come to the end of Good Earth, but I was delighted to find out that this was but the first installment in a trilogy! While I liked Good Earth better than this, this book was still a very good read as we discover the fate of Wang Lung's sons, and Wang Lung's land itself.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Second book in The Good Earth Triolgy. Picked up right where the last scene of the Good Earth left off... with his sons promising to their father to take care of the land. Great story of the sons lives and the different direction each takes in live. Could not put this book down.
This is the second book in Pearl S Buck's original trilogy. It is a follow-up to The Good Earth and continues the story of Wang Lung's sons and their families at a troubled time in China. I would call this an historical fiction because there is so much in the story that truely relates to actual happenings in China at that time and really helps to understand China as a whole, making me want to do more reading on the subject.
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I think I liked "The Good Earth" a little better than this but that seems to be typical for most of us with the sequels of movies or books. I would, never the less, recommend this book if you like her style of writing. I enjoyed the book.
I'm afraid to read the third book in the trilogy. The first one was soothing, well, until the very end. This one was disturbing/sad in that you could see the family seriously falling apart. Had they heeded their father's advice it is clear that they would have been much happier.
I'm not sure that parental advice is beneficial in every case though. My mother's advice of "never leave your door unlocked, especially when you are going to the mailbox to get the mail" has always made me feel uneasy. I...more
I'm not sure that parental advice is beneficial in every case though. My mother's advice of "never leave your door unlocked, especially when you are going to the mailbox to get the mail" has always made me feel uneasy. I...more
This is a follow-on from The Good Earth - while billed as a trilogy, it is more like a weak sequel, as none of the characters have anywhere near the charm of Wang Lung or Olan, from the original. This talks about the three sone - Wang the Landlord, who is mostly just selling off his land to live large; Wang the Merchant, who in some ways could be interesting, but on the whole is just making his percentage off everything else; and Wang the Tiger, who is a soldier and a warlord. There is some cont...more
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Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (1892–1973) was a bestselling and Nobel Prize–winning author. Her classic novel The Good Earth (1931) was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and William Dean Howells Medal. Born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, Buck was the daughter of missionaries and spent much of the first half of her life in China, where many of her books are set. In 1934, civil unrest in China forced Buck back to t...more
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