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Rural life, love, and legacy find hope in a grandson’s return.

Hannah Coulter

A Novel

  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    30 September 2005

Summary

Wendell Berry’s seventh novel and the ninth book of the Port William Membership, Hannah Coulter is a fictional memoir of one woman’s journey through life and a celebration of rural America.

Hannah, the now-elderly narrator, recounts the love she has for the land and for her community. She remembers each of her two husbands, and all places and community connections threatened by twentieth-century technologies. At risk is the whole culture of family farming. But her hope is redeemed whe…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781593760786
ISBN-10:1593760787
Author:Wendell Berry
Publisher:Counterpoint
Imprint:Counterpoint
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:30 September 2005
Weight:260g
Dimensions:19mm x 154mm x 228mm
Series:Port William
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Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry - ISBN: 9781593760786
154 × 228 mm
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A4
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About The Author

Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry (August 5, 1934 - August 31, 2026) was an essayist, novelist, and poet.

During his life, he was honored with the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the John Hay Award of the Orion Society, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, among other distinctions. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama, and in 2016, he was the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle.

Berry lived with his wife, Tanya Berry, on their farm in Henry County, Kentucky.

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