Coming, Aphrodite!
And Other Stories
$36.73
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1999
Summary
Best known for the distinctive portraits of the people and land of the American West in her prairie novels, Willa Cather is one of the greatest American writers of this century. The fourteen short stories in this richly diverse collection, along with an exemplary introduction by author Cynthia Griffin Wolff, allow for a more complex view of Cather. As a writer she was intrigued by nature’s ruthlessness and mankind’s limitless potential for brutality and had a passion for the beauty of art. Ra…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141181561 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141181567 |
| Author: | Willa Cather, Cynthia Wolff |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1999 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 131mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics |
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About The Author
Willa Cather
Willa Cather (1873-1947) was born in Virginia and raised on the Nebraska prairie. She worked as a newspaper writer, teacher, and managing editor of “McClure’s” magazine. In addition to “My Ántonia,” her books include “O Pioneers!” (1913) and “The Professor’s House.” She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1923 for “One of Ours.”
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