Buck, Pearl S

The story of a Chinese peasant and his passionate, dogged accumulation of land during famine, drought, and revolution.

A story of a Chinese peasant and his passionate, dogged accumulation of land and more land, while weathering famine and drought and revolution.

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.

Kino lives on a farm on the side of a mountain in Japan. His friend, Jiya, lives in a fishing village below. Everyone, including Kino and Jiya, has heard of the big wave. No one suspects it will wipe out the whole village and Jiya's famlily too. As Jiya struggles to overcome his sorrow, he understands it is in the presence of danger that one learns to be brave, and appreciate how wonderful life can be.