Buck, Pearl S

A stubborn old Chinese woman finds that her perpetual foe, the river, can be an ally when her village is invaded by enemy troops.

In China during World War II, a young boy makes a daring rescue attempt to free his father, a captured prisoner of the Japanese army.

Wang Lung, a peasant in China in the 1920s, becomes a prosperous landowner with the help of his humble wife, O'Lan, with whom he shares a devotion to duty, land, and survival.

The only son of Prince Jagat and his wife Moti has been killed by the Chinese and Moti instructs her husband to bring the boy's body and spirit home; however, on his journey, Jagat becomes involved with a beautiful American woman that compromises his political and personal life.

Wang Lung, a peasant in China in the 1920s, becomes a prosperous landowner with the help of his humble wife, O'Lan, with whom he shares a devotion to duty, land, and survival.