Sapphira And The Slave Girl by Willa Cather
'Miss Cather claims our eager attention when ever she publishes a new book' NEW YORK TIMES 'She is undoubtedly one of the century's greatest American writers' OBSERVER 'This, her last novel, is a stirring and beautifully executed depiction of a society that has vanished forever' BELFAST TELEGRAPH Originally published in 1940, this is Willa Cather's last novel, a stirring and beautifully executed description of a society and conditions that have vanished forever, and a retrospective portrait of the Old South with its stain of slavery. By 1856, Sapphira Colbert is one of few Virginians who owns slaves, a policy her husband Henry finds increasingly difficult to countenance. Sapphira presides over her Black Creek Valley property with disciplined resolution and the help of her black maid, Nancy. Henry runs the Mill and sleeps there too - their marriage a formality. Sapphira's life is an arid one and, confined to a wheelchair, she has amble opportunity for speculation. When she hears a conversation linking her husbands name to that of Nancy, that speculation festers and the horrific potential of Sapphira's power is unleashed . . .
As a writer whose place in American literature is as sured, Miss Cather claims our eager attention when ever she publishes a new book * New York Times *
She is undoubtedly one of the century's greatest American writers * Observer *
The powerful impact race has on narrative -- Toni Morrison
Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic -- Helen Dunmore
This, her last novel, is a stirring and beautifully executed depiction of a society that has vanished forever * Belfast Telegraph *
She is undoubtedly one of the century's greatest American writers * OBSERVER *
Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic * Helen Dunmore *
This, her last novel, is a stirring and beautifully executed depiction of a society that has vanished forever * Belfast TELEGRAPH *
She is undoubtedly one of the century's greatest American writers * Observer *
The powerful impact race has on narrative -- Toni Morrison
Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic -- Helen Dunmore
This, her last novel, is a stirring and beautifully executed depiction of a society that has vanished forever * Belfast Telegraph *
She is undoubtedly one of the century's greatest American writers * OBSERVER *
Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic * Helen Dunmore *
This, her last novel, is a stirring and beautifully executed depiction of a society that has vanished forever * Belfast TELEGRAPH *
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 | 9781844084241 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844084248 |
| Title | Sapphira And The Slave Girl |
| Author | Willa Cather |
| Series | Virago Modern Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2007-04-26 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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