My Antonia - Virago Modern Classics (Paperback)
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My Antonia - Virago Modern Classics (Paperback)

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Paperback 320 Pages
Published: 07/09/2006
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY A. S. BYATT

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

' . . . a clear-eyed salute to the resilience of the human spirit and the innate hardiness of the immigrants' XAN BROOKS, GUARDIAN

'Willa Cather was a wordsmith of enormous talent' ROBERT SLAYTON, LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS

'During that burning day when we were crossing Iowa, our talk kept returning to a central figure, a Bohemian girl whom we had both known long ago. More than any other person we remembered, this girl seemed to mean to us the country, the conditions, the whole adventure of our childhood . . . His mind was full of her that day. He made me see her again, feel her presence, revived all my old affection for her'

My Antonia
is the unforgettable story of an immigrant woman's life on the Nebraska plains, seen through the eyes of her childhood friend, Jim Burden. The beautiful, free-spirited, wild-eyed girl captured Jim's imagination long ago and haunts him still, embodying for him the elemental spirit of the American frontier.

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

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9781844083749
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 260 g
Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 24 mm


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She is undoubtedly one of the twentieth century's greatest American writers - Observer

In fact it's one of the warmest, most quietly rousing books that I know; a clear-eyed salute to the resilience of the human spirit and the innate hardiness of the immigrants who came across the ocean to start afresh in the golden west - Xan Brooks, Guardian

Willa Cather was a wordsmith of enormous talent - Robert Slayton, Los Angeles Review of Books

Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic

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

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“Not so great after all”

I eagerly bought this book, published in 1918, as it is considered by many to be Willa Cather’s masterpiece.

Having read it, I don’t feel any closer to greatness.

The story is told by the orphan – Jim Burden - who... More

Paperback edition
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“Great beginning, great ending, forgettable middle”

I eagerly bought this book, published in 1918, as it is considered by many to be Willa Cather’s masterpiece.

Having read it, I don’t feel any closer to greatness.

The story is told by the orphan – Jim Burden - who... More

Paperback edition
Helpful? Upvote 7

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