My Antonia
- Hardcover
312 pages
- Release Date
7 September 2006
Summary
The classic American novel, published for the first time in The Everyman Library hardback edition.
Of Antonia, the passionate heroine of Willa Cather’s greatest novel, the narrator says that she left ‘images in the mind that did not fade - that grew stronger with time’. The same could be said of the novel itself. On one level it is a straightforward story, beautifully written, of the struggle for survival of a family of pioneers on the vast Nebraska plains. On another it encompasses h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857152289 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 185715228X |
| Author: | Willa Cather |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 7 September 2006 |
| Weight: | 455g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 136mm x 212mm |
| Series: | Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics |
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Critics Review
‘The time will come when Willa Cather will be ranked above Hemingway.’
‘The time will come when Willa Cather will be ranked above Hemingway.’ * Leon Edel *
No romantic novel ever written in America, by man or woman, is one half so beautiful as My Ántonia. * H. L. Mencken *
Willa Cather
Willa Cather was born on December 7, 1873, in rural Virginia. In 1912, Cather published her first novel, Alexander’s Bridge, which received a lukewarm reception. The following year, she caught the attention of the literary world with the appearance of O Pioneers!, exploring and celebrating frontier life in the American West. In 1918, she made her most lasting contribution to her status as one of the most celebrated post-Civil War American authors with the publication of My Ántonia.
Willa Cather died on April 24, 1947, in New York City, where she lived for thirty-nine years with her companion, Edith Lewis. Her reputation equaled that of any published American female novelist of her day, and critical and popular attention to her work continues to expand. Many critics place her firmly among such lauded American authors as William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway, and there are those who would argue that hers is the single finest craft of her generation.
Introducer Biography:
Lucy Hughes-Hallett is the author of Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions.
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