Dragon Seed: A Novel of China at War

The New York Times–bestselling historical novel about the Japanese invasion of Nanking from the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize–winning author of The Good Earth.

Farmer Liang Tan knows only a quiet, traditional life in his remote Chinese farming community. When news filters in that Japanese forces are invading the country, he and his fellow villagers believe that if they behave decently to the Japanese soldiers, the civilians might remain undisturbed. They're in for a shock, as the attackers lay wa...