The Chinese farmer Wang Lung rises from poverty to wealth, bound always to the land that sustains and defines him.
Books that mention The Good Earth (3)
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut: “And she was put in a remedial reading class, where they made her read The Good Earth, which was about Chinamen.”
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri: “In his English class he reads Ethan Frome, The Great Gatsby, The Good Earth, The Red Badge of Courage.”
Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang: “it joins novels like The Help and The Good Earth”