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My Antonia By Willa Cather

My Antonia by Willa Cather


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Summary

Willa Cathers best-loved novel, and the final book in the Great Plains trilogy, is a beautiful portrayal of friendship, longing and growing up in frontier Nebraska.

When young orphan Jim Burden is sent to live with his grandparents in Nebraska, he finds himself growing up alongside Bohemian immigrant Antonia Shimerda.

My Antonia Summary

My Antonia by Willa Cather

Willa Cathers best-loved novel, and the final book in the Great Plains trilogy, is a beautiful portrayal of friendship, longing and growing up in frontier Nebraska.

When young orphan Jim Burden is sent to live with his grandparents in Nebraska, he finds himself growing up alongside Bohemian immigrant Antonia Shimerda. Their childhoods are full of shared adventures but as they grow their paths diverge, spurred on by the dire poverty of the Shimerda family. Yet Jim will never forget Antonia, spellbound by her strength and remarkable free spirit.

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY TRAVEL WRITER SARA WHEELER

My Antonia Reviews

A clear-eyed salute to the resilience of the human spirit * Guardian *
My Antonia remains a revelation * The Paris Review *
The knowledge of long hardship gives weight to the novels exquisitely realized moments of fulfilment Cather looks with a wise, clear eye on those quiet moments -- Alexandra Harris * Harper's Bazaar *

About Willa Cather

Willa Cather was a Pulitzer prize-winning American writer, best known for her novels of Nebraskan frontier life. Born in 1873 near Winchester, Virginia, she moved with her family to Catherton, Nebraska in 1883, and the landscape went on to have a formative effect on her. Before becoming a full-time writer, Cather worked as a journalist, a magazine editor and a teacher.


Her first novel, Alexanders Bridge, was published in 1912, followed by titles including O Pioneers! (1913); The Song of the Lark (1915); My Antonia (1918); One of Ours (1922), for which she won the Pulitzer Prize; Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927) and Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940). She died in New York in 1947.

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GOR013660147
9781784874445
1784874442
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Vintage Publishing
2019-09-05
304
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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