Opis: O Pioneers - Willa Cather

O Pioneers is a Pulitzer-prize winning novel by American literary legend Willa Cather. It is a tale of murder, love and money, as people struggle to carve out a life in the wilderness while battling ever-duplicitous human nature. Alexandra Bergson's father, John, is dying. He entrusts his farmstead on a desolate stretch of plain to her rather than to her brothers. Faced with the rigours of frontier living, droughts and penury, Alexandra only becomes more determined to carry on her father's legacy and battles through remortgaging the farm and adopting new techniques. Fast forward sixteen years, her hard work has paid off, her brothers Lou and Oscar have both created prosperous farms and under Alexandra's management the original farm has thrived. When childhood friend Carl Linstrum returns from travelling though it appears that romance is on the cards and Lou and Oscar drive him out of town, fearing that their sister's marriage would disinherit their own children. The community begins to unravel as jealousy spills out into murder. Although born in Virginia, Willa Cather's family moved to Nebraska and her writing reflects her upbringing in the prairie lands steeped in history. Prairie living, and its accompanying literature, was viewed as embodying the quintessential American experience. The power of the land itself, the resilience of its inhabitants and the flow of history over the land all tied in with Romantic notions embedded in the nature of pioneer expansion. 'Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic' Helen Dunmore 'She is undoubtedly one of the century's greatest American writers' The Observer

Szczegóły: O Pioneers - Willa Cather

Tytuł: O Pioneers
Autor: Willa Cather
Producent: Karger
ISBN: 9781843914686
Rok produkcji: 2013
Oprawa: Miękka

Recenzje: O Pioneers - Willa Cather