BUCK, Pearl S.
The Good Earth
First English edition. Gift inscription, foredge foxed, spine slightly faded, a very good copy in a nice, very good or better dustwrapper with a triangular chip at the foot of the spine, and a faint stain at the crown. The Nobel laureate's best-known book, the first part of her House of Earth trilogy, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. In 1938, based largely on the strength of The Good Earth, Buck became the second woman, and first American woman, to win the Nobel Prize for literature. The book was adapted for the stage in 1933 with Claude Rains and Nazimova starring on Broadway, and then made into a classic film by producer Irving Thalberg, who died during production. Paul Muni starred opposite Luise Rainer, who won an Oscar as O-Lan. The English edition of this elusive Pulitzer Prize winner has, like the American edition, become exceptionally uncommon in jacket.
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