Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck in China - Softcover

Hilary Spurling is the author of the universally acclaimed biography of Henri Matisse which was the Whitbread Book of the Year in 2005. Her biography of Ivy Compton-Burnett won the Heinemann and Duff Cooper prizes. She has also written biographies of Paul Scott and La Grande Therese (Profile). She has been an arts critic for the Spectator, Observer and Telegraph, and lives in London.

Boldly conceived and magnificently written ... a triumphant landmark in the development of creative biography. -- Elaine Showalter * Literary Review * Thrilling ... Spurling, who has never written a dull sentence, also has magic power as a writer -- Frances Wilson * Sunday Times * A terrific story, told with rare intelligence and refinement -- George Walden * Mail on Sunday * A subtle and masterly book -- Victoria Glendinning * Spectator * A biographical masterpiece -- Jackie Wullschlager * Financial Times * Elegant and sympathetic ... an illuminating and compelling biography. -- Isabel Hilton * Guardian * Superb ... a terrific story, told with rare intelligence and refinement -- George Walden * Mail on Sunday * Written with the grace and imaginative sympathy of a first-class novel ... [it] has an enduring bright intelligence and is one of the books of the year -- Richard Davenport-Hines * Sunday Telegraph * Spurling's style and the addictive character of her subject make it an intriguing read -- Andrew Holgate * Sunday Times * Riveting and timely * Times * Burying the Bones does superb justice to this forgotten American novelist's pioneering bid to explain China to the West. -- Sally Magnusson * Scotland on Sunday *