Dragon Seed

The Family...

Ling Tan, the farmer - neither rich not poor, desiring nothing he did not have.

Ling Sao, his wife - a strong, managing mother and the head of her house.

Lao San, their youngest son - for whom greatness was to follow suffering.

Lao Ta and Lao Er - as close as brothers can be.

Orchid and Jade, their wives - one an easy, kindly creature yet jealous of the other, so beautiful, who stirred all around her.

Happiness, prosperity were theirs... then came the invaders from the east...

In this moving novel Pearl S Buck winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature - captures all the courage and sacrifice of a peasant familyunder the impact of war.

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