Amerikali roman yazari Pearl (Sydenstricker) Buck, 10 Kasim 1938'de Mubarek Toprak (The Good Earth - La buona terra) romani ile Nobel Edebiyat Odulunu kazandigi aciklandi.
(Odul, kendisine 12 Aralik 1938 tarihinde Isvec, Stockholm Concert Hall'de torenle verildi.)
"Tavan atkilarindan dizi dizi sogan, sarimsak sarkiyordu. Odalarda hasir kufeler dolusu bugday, pirinc vardi. Bunlarin cogu satilacakti ama, Wang Lung tutumlu adamdi. Bircok koylu, kumar oynar ya da paralarini pahali abur cubura harcalar, bu yuzden urunlerini harman zamani, yani fiyatlarin en dusuk oldugu sirada satmak zorunda kalirlardi. Wang Lung ise malini saklayip karlar baslayinca, ya da yeni yilda, yiyecek fiyatlari artinca satardi."
"From the rafters of the thatched roof hung strings and strings of dried onions and garlic, and the rooms were filled full of wheat and rice. Much of this would be sold, but Wang Lung was frugal and he did not, like many of the villagers, spend his money freely at gambling or on foods too delicate for them, and so, like them, have to sell the grain at harvest when the price was low. Instead he saved it and sold it when the snow came on the ground or at the New Year when people in the towns will pay well for food at any ."


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