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A Lost Lady

Autor Willa Cather
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 sep 2020
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781420969849
ISBN-10: 1420969846
Pagini: 72
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 5 mm
Greutate: 0.1 kg
Editura: Digireads.com

Notă biografică

Willa Cather (1873-1947) was an American novelist known for her explorations of the pioneer and frontier experience. Her works include O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia; her novel One of Ours won the Pulitzer Prize in 1923.

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

'Her finest novel . . . A masterpiece' IRISH TIMES

'The vivacious Marian Forrester stands as a romantic paean to the pioneer's reckless abandon, counterpointed by the narrator's prim decency' THE TIMES

Marian Forrester brings delight to her husband, an elderly railroad pioneer; to the small town of Sweet Water where they live; and to Niel Herbert, the young narrator of her story who falls in love with her as a boy and later becomes her confidant. He witnesses this vibrant woman in all her contradictory facets: by turns faithless and steadfast, dazzling and pathetic, invincibly charming yet dangerously vulnerable to the men she charms. All are bewitched by her charisma and grace - and all are ultimately betrayed.

Willa Cather's most perfect novel is not only a portrait of a troubling beauty, but also a haunting evocation of a noble age slipping irrevocably into the past.

Recenzii

She is undoubtedly one of the twentieth century's greatest American writers
A poised and perfectly shaped novel
Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic
Her finest novel . . . A masterpiece
This classic has the striking economy of Hemingway, and is as poignant an elegy for the pioneer West as I have read. The vivacious Marian Forrester stands as a romantic paean to the pioneer's reckless abandon, counterpointed by the narrator's prim decency
Her finest novel . . . A masterpiece