PEARL S. BUCK - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 05/29/1948 - HFSID 169281
Price: $340.00
PEARL S. BUCK
She responds to a fan of her work, thanking him for liking her novel
Peony.
Typed letter signed: "Pearl S. Buck", 1p, 7¼x10½. Perkasie,
Pennsylvania, 1948 May 29. On imprinted letterhead to Mr. Wes Baleria, Los
Angeles, California. In full: "I have received your letter, and so far
as I know and so far as my files tell me, it is the first time I have ever heard
from you. Where your other letters went, I don't know. I appreciate very much
what you say about my books and I am glad that you liked PEONY. Whether other
people will like it I don't know. Thank you again for writing me, I am Yours
sincerely". Captioned magazine photograph, b/w, 3x4 overall, image 3x3½ (one
surface), affixed at lower right margin. Buck's novel, Peony,
published in 1948, the year of this letter, is the story of a Chinese bondswoman
who is bought by a Jewish family. Peony falls in love with the family's son,
David, whose mother wants him to marry Leah, the last Jewish girl in the
village. Leah, who cares for David, takes her own life when she learns of his
love for Peony, ending the Jewish lineage in the village as David is now free to
marry Peony. Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (1892-1973) was the first
American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1938). Best known
for her novels about China (including The Good Earth; 1932
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction), Buck wrote over 70 novels as well as
biographies, an autobiography (My Several Worlds, 1954), dramas,
children's literature and translations from the Chinese. Lightly creased with
folds, not at signature. Slightly soiled at upper margin, where paper seal has
been affixed to verso (light show through). Light photo corner impressions at
blank corners. Photograph is lightly rippled from mounting, glue stain at upper
margin of caption. Overall, fine condition.
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