In this powerful and astonishing novel, Willa Cather created one of the most winning yet thoroughly convincing heroines in American fiction.
Lush descriptions of the rolling Nebraska grasslands interweave with the blossoming of a woman in the early days of the 20th century, in an epic novel that chronicles America's past. Includes a new Introduction. Reissue.
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In this powerful and astonishing novel, Willa Cather created one of the most winning yet thoroughly convincing heroines in American fiction.
Lush descriptions of the rolling Nebraska grasslands interweave with the blossoming of a woman in the early days of the 20th century, in an epic novel that chronicles America's past. Includes a new Introduction. Reissue.
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"My Antonia" is the unforgettable story of an immigrant woman's life on the Nebraska plains, seen through the eyes of her childhood friend, Jim Burden. The beautiful, free-spirited, wild-eyed girl captured Jim's imagination long ago and haunts him still, embodying for him the elemental spirit of the American frontier.
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“"Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic."”
'She is undoubtedly one of the twentieth century's greatest American writers' OBSERVER 'Her voice, laconical and richly sensuous, sings out with a note of unequivocal love for the people she is setting down on the page' MARINA WARNER 'Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic' HELEN DUNMORE
About the Author
Willa Cather (1873-1947) was born in Virginia where for generations her ancestors farmed land. She became a teacher and journalist and is one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century.
"My Antonia" is the unforgettable story of an immigrant woman's life on the Nebraska plains, seen through the eyes of her childhood friend, Jim Burden. The beautiful, free-spirited, wild-eyed girl captured Jim's imagination long ago and haunts him still, embodying for him the elemental spirit of the American frontier.
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