My Several Worlds: A Personal Record

Pearl S. Buck

May 2013 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

A memoir from the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. “Not only [Buck’s] most important book, but—on many counts—her best book” (Kirkus Reviews).
Often regarded as one of Pearl S. Buck’s most significant works, My Several Worlds is the memoir of a major novelist and one of the key American chroniclers of China. Buck, who was born to missionary parents in 1892, spent much of the first portion of her life in China, experiencing the Boxer Rebellion first hand and becoming involved with the society with an intimacy available to few outside observers. The book is not only an important reflection on that nation’s modern history, but also an account of her re-engagement with America and the intense activity that characterized her life there, from her prolific novel-writing to her loves and friendships to her work for abandoned children and other humanitarian causes. As alive with incident as it is illuminating in its philosophy, My Several Worlds is essential reading for travelers and readers alike. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author’s estate.

Ratings and reviews

The first time read this book it was in a Reader's Digest Condensed Book, in Spanish, in Cuba in 1960 right after Castro had taken power and as I read the book it was as if I was reading what was happening to my country. The onset of Communism. A year later I came to the US and it became my quest to find the book so I could read it in its entirety. The book was out of print and it took me ten years to find a copy. Needless to say I read it in record time. Her books were not easy to find but every time I went to a book store I would look and I have also read The Good Earth, A House Divided, East Wind West Wind and The Mother. These e-books are a treasure trove and I intend to read them all. Thank you for this gift.

An eye opener.

About the author

DIVDIVPearl S. Buck (1892–1973) was a bestselling and Nobel Prize–winning author. Her classic novel The Good Earth (1931) was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and William Dean Howells Medal. Born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, Buck was the daughter of missionaries and spent much of the first half of her life in China, where many of her books are set. In 1934, civil unrest in China forced Buck back to the United States. Throughout her life she worked in support of civil and women’s rights, and established Welcome House, the first international, interracial adoption agency. In addition to her highly acclaimed novels, Buck wrote two memoirs and biographies of both of her parents. For her body of work, Buck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938, the first American woman to have done so. She died in Vermont. /div/div