O Pioneers! (Barnes & Noble Classics) - Softcover

Willa Cather, Introduction And Notes By Chris Kraus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593082053 ISBN 13: 9781593082055

Publisher: Barnes & Noble, 2013

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 07 2004 Pages: 208 Publisher: Barnes & Noble O Pioneers! By Willa Cather is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader. including new scholarship. thoughtful design. and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences-biographical. historical. and literary-to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman. writes Willa Cather in O Pioneers ! The country is America; the woman is Alexandra Bergson. a fiercely independent young Swedish ...

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Review:

Willa Cather's second novel is abundant with interwoven themes. In one respect Cather bears witness to the early 20th-century Pioneers. The farmer taming the wild Northern States of America, battling with the elements and an unforgiving land to create a home, family and livlihood. On another level O Pioneers! is the story of Alexandra Bergson. Due to the death of her father she becomes the head of the household and spends her time between protecting her younger brother and out in the countryside that has become hers. Overshadowed somewhat by the more popular My Antonia this early work of Cather's is a much admired example of early 20th-century American fiction. O Pioneers! is a powerful testimony to love, the land and the pioneering spirit. --Jon Smith

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She is undoubtedly one of the twentieth century's greatest American writers (OBSERVER)

Her voice, laconical and richly sensuous, sings out with a note of unequivocal love for the people she is setting down on the page (MARINA WARNER)

The most sensuous of writers, Willa Cather builds her imagined world almost as solidly as our five senses build the universe around us (REBECCA WEST)

Willa Cather's second novel is abundant with interwoven themes. In one respect Cather bears witness to the early 20th-century Pioneers. The farmer taming the wild Northern States of America, battling with the elements and an unforgiving land to create a (JON SMITH, AMAZON.CO.UK REVIEW)

About this edition

• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1593082053
• ISBN 13: 9781593082055
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208