My Ántonia (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels) - Brossura

Cather, Willa

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ISBN 10: 0486282406 ISBN 13: 9780486282404

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 1994

Riassunto

My Ántonia evokes the Nebraska prairie life of Willa Cather's childhood, and commemorates the spirit and courage of immigrant pioneers in America. One of Cather's earliest novels, written in 1918, it is the story of Ántonia Shimerda, who arrives on the Nebraska frontier as part of a family of Bohemian emigrants. Her story is told through the eyes of Jim Burden, a neighbor who will befriend Ántonia, teach her English, and follow the remarkable story of her life.
Working in the fields of waving grass and tall corn that dot the Great Plains, Ántonia forges the durable spirit that will carry her through the challenges she faces when she moves to the city. But only when she returns to the prairie does she recover her strength and regain a sense of purpose in life. In the quiet, probing depth of Willa Cather's art, Ántonia's story becomes a mobbing elegy to those whose persistence and strength helped build the American frontier.

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L'autore:

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather (1873–1947) spent her formative years in Nebraska, which was at that time frontier territory. Her exposure to the region's dramatic environment and intrinsic hardships — along with its diverse population of European-Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants — shaped and informed much of her fiction.

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Book by Cather Willa

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0486282406
• ISBN 13: 9780486282404
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 176