O Pioneers!, Willa Cather's first great novel, is the classic American story of pioneer life as embodied by one remarkable woman and her singular devotion to the land. Having immigrated from Sweden, Alexandra Bergson arrives on the wind-blasted prairie of Nebraska as a young girl and, when her father dies, is given responsibility for the land. Stephanie's review is much better than anything I found elsewhere online, so go read it.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Nebraska
Stephanie (Confessions of a Book-a-holic) has just posted a book review of Willa Cather's O Pioneers!, which is about Nebraska. She titled the review "Beautifully Written Tale That will Live On," which I'll take as a recommendation. From her description, it sounds like a wonderful book and one that is especially appropriate for us, according to this annotation at B&N: "A rich evocation of 19th-century American life on the prairie, Cather's novel of immigrant homesteaders in Nebraska celebrates the landscape."
O Pioneers!, Willa Cather's first great novel, is the classic American story of pioneer life as embodied by one remarkable woman and her singular devotion to the land. Having immigrated from Sweden, Alexandra Bergson arrives on the wind-blasted prairie of Nebraska as a young girl and, when her father dies, is given responsibility for the land. Stephanie's review is much better than anything I found elsewhere online, so go read it.
O Pioneers!, Willa Cather's first great novel, is the classic American story of pioneer life as embodied by one remarkable woman and her singular devotion to the land. Having immigrated from Sweden, Alexandra Bergson arrives on the wind-blasted prairie of Nebraska as a young girl and, when her father dies, is given responsibility for the land. Stephanie's review is much better than anything I found elsewhere online, so go read it.
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2 comments:
Bonnie....this is an awesome blog!! I love the idea! Lady, you rock!
Yes, O Pioneers was a really great book! A definite "must" for the state of Nebraska!! Thanks for the link...I'll be back!
such a good read, very catherian...Although her first novel (Alexander's Bridge) is gripping too, I agree that it might not be as full-fledged and picturesque as O Pioneers.
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