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I've wanted to read this classic for ages and I'm glad I finally got to it now that I'm on a China kick. The story, which follows the changing fortunes of a peasant family in pre-revolution China, is easy to read in that it is written in deceptively simple prose. But it's anything but a simple story. Buck's genius is in weaving a quintessentially Chinese story that also feels universal. ...more
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