My Antonia
$38.53
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
30 October 2006
Summary
‘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, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844083749 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844083748 |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
| Author: | Willa Cather, A.S. Byatt |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2006 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 24mm |
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“Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic.”
‘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 *‘Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic’ HELEN DUNMORE
About The Author
Willa Cather
Willa Cather (1873-1947) was born in Virginia where for generations her ancestors farmed land. She became a teacher and journalist and is one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century.
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