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My Ántonia (Collins Classics) - by Willa Cather (Paperback)

My Ántonia (Collins Classics) - by  Willa Cather (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.</p><p>My Antonia is Willa Cather's masterpiece about 19th-century Nebraskan pioneers.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.</p><p>My Antonia is Willa Cather's masterpiece about 19th-century Nebraskan pioneers.</p><p>My Antonia depicts the pioneering period of European settlement on the tall-grass prairie of the American midwest, with its beautiful yet terrifying landscape, rich ethnic mix of immigrants and native-born Americans, and communities who share life's joys and sorrows.</p><p>Jim Burden recounts his memories of Antonia Shimerda, whose family settle in Nebraska from Bohemia. Together they share childhoods spent in a new world. Jim leaves the prairie for college and a career in the east, while Antonia devotes herself to her large family and productive farm. Her story is that of the land itself, a moving portrait of endurance and strength.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>'A clear-eyed salute to the resilience of the human spirit and the innate hardiness of the immigrants who came across the ocean to start afresh in the golden west' <i>Guardian</i></p><p>'Because of Willa Cather's intensity of observation, <i>My Ántonia</i> remains a revelation' <i>Paris Review</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Willa Cather (1873-1947) was an American author known for her works on frontier life, including the "prairie trilogy", which includes O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Antonia. She received the Pulitzer Prize in 1923.</p>

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