The Old Demon
The Old Demon is a short story by Pearl S. Buck set during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Publication details
The story has been published by Creative Co. in 1981 with ISBN 0-87191-828-5, illustrated by Sandra Higashii . The story is about Mrs.Wang, who was the eldest woman in her village, and how she sacrificed herself in order to save her family and village from the Japanese who were near her village. She describes the river as the old demon because she felt that whenever the river was unchecked,
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Pearl S. Buck
- The Good Earth (1931)
- Sons (1932)
- A House Divided (1935)
- East Wind: West Wind (1930)
- The Mother (1934)
- China Sky (1941)
- Dragon Seed (1942)
- The Big Wave (1948)
- Peony (1948)
- Imperial Woman (1956)
- Letter from Peking (1957)
- The Living Reed (1963)
- Mandala (1970)
- The Exile (1936)
- Fighting Angel (1936)
"The Old Demon" (1939)
- The Good Earth (1937)
- Dragon Seed (1944)
- China Sky (1945)
- The Big Wave (1961)
- Satan Never Sleeps (1962)
- Pavilion of Women (2001)
- Absalom Sydenstricker (father)
- Edgar Sydenstricker (brother)
- John Lossing Buck (husband)
- Richard J. Walsh (second husband)
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