A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
A portrait of a woman who reflects the conventions of her age even as she defies them and whose transformations embody the decline and coarsening of the American frontier.
She is undoubtedly one of the twentieth century's greatest American writers * Observer *
A poised and perfectly shaped novel * Daily Mail *
Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic -- Helen Dunmore
Her finest novel. . A masterpiece * Irish Times *
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 * The Times *
She is undoubtedly one of the twentieth century's greatest American writers * OBSERVER *
Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic * HELEN DUNMORE *
A poised and perfectly shaped novel * DAILY MAIL *
Her finest novel . . . A masterpiece * IRISH TIMES *
A poised and perfectly shaped novel * Daily Mail *
Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic -- Helen Dunmore
Her finest novel. . A masterpiece * Irish Times *
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 * The Times *
She is undoubtedly one of the twentieth century's greatest American writers * OBSERVER *
Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic * HELEN DUNMORE *
A poised and perfectly shaped novel * DAILY MAIL *
Her finest novel . . . A masterpiece * IRISH TIMES *
Born in 1873 to a family who had farmed in Virginia for generations, Willa Cather moved to her father's new ranch in Nebraska when she was eight. The raw frontier territories and the pioneer life of the Old West were to awaken her imagination and furnish the atmosphere for much of her later work. After graduating from the University of Nebraska, Willa Cather became a teacher and a journalist. In 1912 she abandoned journalism to write full time. Her first novel was Alexander's Bridge (1912) though she had already published a volume of poems and another of short stories. Her vivid novels cover a wide range: there are impassioned and thoughtful explorations of the ancient worlds of the Americas in The Professor's House (1925) and Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927) as well as sympathetic portrayals of conflicting values, or of the demands of art. These, along with her evocations of the pioneering West, soon established her reputation as one of America's foremost writers. Willa Cather died in New York in 1947.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844083732 |
| ISBN 10 | 184408373X |
| Title | A Lost Lady |
| Author | Willa Cather |
| Series | Virago Modern Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2006-09-07 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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