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I am sad to say I am near the end of this monumental book about Korea. Buck has a way of making the reader feel what her characters are feeling. The book encompasses Korean history from the Sejeon dynasty to 20th century occupation by Japan and how America did nothing to help free the people until we too were attacked by Japan!

As she did in The Good Earth with a Chinese farmer, Buck enters the mind of a Korean yangban (elite)during the period of Korean history when Japan defeated China during a brief peasant revolt and completely took over the rule of Koreans. This would last 40 years, ending only with ww2 defeat of Japan. She tells of the brutalities Koreans endured under this rule and their striving for independence.

What a special book to get lost in! Like the Good Earth, Buck immerses the reader in perfect details of Korean life! She just went through the whole lifecycle of silkworms and how women would make silk each year!

I think everyone should read this book.

Oh my what a wonderful story.

Finding it good to read Pearl S Buck again. The Living Reed is exceptional history.

Interesting I uphold Pearl S Buck about the history of China and Korea.