My Antonia - Hardcover

Cather, Willa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1613827253 ISBN 13: 9781613827253

Publisher: Simon & Brown, 2011

Synopsis

"Ever since the publication of "My Antonia" in 1918, it has been recognized not only as Miss Cather's greatest book, but as one of the outstanding novels of American literature." "My Antonia' is one of the very finest of all American novels." Hugh Walpole in the Bookman. "No romantic novel ever written in America, by man or woman, is one half so beautiful as 'My Antonia.'" H.L. Mencken. "'My Antonia' is packed with the feel of the country. A scant paragraph sets you out on the plains, and the breath of the wind that billows the long grass never leaves your face." Chicago Daily News. In the minds of many, Willa Cather is America's leading novelist. The widespread popularity of her later books has centred renewed interest on the four novels she wrote before winning the Pulitzer Prize. A final appreciation of Miss Cather's work cannot be won without a full knowledge of the strong, fresh talent that made itself felt in "Alexander's Bridge", "O Pioneers!", "The Song of the Lark", and "My Antonia". My Ántonia (pronounced with the accent on the first syllable of "Ántonia"), first published 1918, is considered one of the greatest novels by American writer Willa Cather. This great American novel tells the story of several immigrant families who move to rural Nebraska. Antonia is the eldest daughter of the Shimerdas and is a bold and free-hearted young woman. Jim Burden, arrives in the town of Black Hawk, Nebraska, on the same train as the Shimerdas, when he goes to live with his grandparents after his parents have died. Jim develops strong feelings for Ántonia, something between a crush and a filial bond, and the reader views Ántonia's life, including its attendant struggles and triumphs, through that lens. The novel is divided into five books, some of which incorporate short stories Cather had previously written, based on her own life growing up on the Nebraska prairies. The volumes correspond roughly to the stages of Ántonia's life up through her marriage and motherhood, although...

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No romantic novel ever written in America, by man or woman, is one half so beautiful as My Antonia. H. L. Mencken
The time will come when Willa Cather will be ranked above Hemingway. Leon Edel"

"No romantic novel ever written in America, by man or woman, is one half so beautiful as My Antonia." -H. L. Mencken

"The time will come when Willa Cather will be ranked above Hemingway." -Leon Edel

Book Description:

In this powerful and astonishing novel, Willa Cather created one of the most winning yet thoroughly convincing heroines in American fiction.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Brown
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1613827253
• ISBN 13: 9781613827253
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 154