Christmas at Eagle Pond - Rilegato

Hall, Donald

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ISBN 10: 0547581483 ISBN 13: 9780547581484

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012

Riassunto

Donald Hall draws on his own childhood memories and gives himself the thing he most wanted but didn't get as a boy: a Christmas at Eagle Pond.

It’s the Christmas season of 1940, and twelve-year-old Donnie takes the train to visit his grandparents' place in rural New Hampshire. Once there, he quickly settles into the farm’s routines. In the barn, Gramp milks the cows and entertains his grandson by speaking rhymed pieces, while Donnie’s eyes are drawn to an empty stall that houses a graceful, cobwebby sleigh. Now Model A's speed over the wintry roads, which must be plowed, and the beautiful sleigh has become obsolete. When the church pageant is over, the gifts are exchanged, and the remains of the Christmas feast put away, the air becomes heavy with fine snowflakes—the kind that fall at the start of a big storm—and everyone wonders, how will Donnie get back to his parents on time?

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Praise for Donald Hall:

"One of our preeminent men of letters. The range of his published works is truly astonishing." — Charles Simic

"His reliance on simple, concrete diction and the no-nonsense sequence of the declarative sentence gives his poems steadiness and imbues them with a tone of sincere authority . . . The mood of loss than attends the passing of generations saturates this collection." --The Washington Post Book World (Billy Collins)

"Hall's ability to unflinchingly revisit memories of personal suffering with his full heart and intelligence, and to find for that suffering a meaningful expression, is the hard-won achievement of a lifetime."--Wall Street Journal (David Yezzi)

Dalla quarta di copertina:

A timeless Christmas fable

 “Ahead I watched for the lights of Eagle Pond Farm, and soon I saw not only the porch light but through the window a lighted Christmas tree.”

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0547581483
• ISBN 13: 9780547581484
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 78
• Disegnatore: Azarian Mary