A lost lady Contributor(s): Cather, Willa (Author) |
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ISBN: 1537059866 ISBN-13: 9781537059860 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $5.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.21" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.32 lbs) 102 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Plains - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Nebraska |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Marian Forrester is the symbolic flower of the Old American West. She draws her strength from that solid foundation, bringing delight and beauty to her elderly husband, to the small town of Sweet Water where they live, to the prairie land itself, and to the young narrator of her story, Neil Herbert. All are bewitched by her brilliance and grace, and all are ultimately betrayed. For Marian longs for 'life on any terms, ' and in fulfilling herself, she loses all she loved and all who loved her. This, Willa Cather's most perfect novel, is not only a portrait of a troubling beauty, but also a haunting evocation of a noble age slipping irrevocably into the past |