Which 1932 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was written by Pearl S. Buck?

Pearl S. Buck wrote The Good Earth, which won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Published in 1931, the novel follows Wang Lung, a Chinese farmer, and his family through poverty, prosperity, famine, war, and social change. Buck drew on her long experience living in China, where she was born and spent much of her childhood and early adulthood.

The book became an international bestseller and helped introduce many English-language readers to an imagined rural China. Its Pulitzer recognition came before Buck received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938, making the novel part of the career that established her as a major literary figure.

Readers sometimes confuse The Good Earth with Buck’s other early novels, including East Wind: West Wind and Sons. The Good Earth is the first volume of a loosely connected trilogy, followed by Sons and A House Divided.