My Antonia

Présentation de l'éditeur WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY A. S. BYATT'During that burning day when we were crossing Iowa, our talk kept returning to a central figure, a Bohemian girl whom we had both known long ago. More than any other person we remembered, this girl seemed to mean to us the country, the conditions, the whole adventure of our childhood . . . His mind was full of her that day. He made me see her again, feel her presence, revived all my old affection for her.'My Antonia is the unforgettable story of an immigrant woman's life on the Nebraska plains, seen through the eyes of her childhood friend, Jim Burden. The beautiful, free-spirited, wild-eyed girl captured Jim's imagination long ago and haunts him still, embodying for him the elemental spirit of the American frontier.In this powerful and astonishing novel, Willa Cather created one of the most winning yet thoroughly convincing heroines in American fiction. Revue de presse She is undoubtedly one of the twentieth century's greatest American writers ( Observer) Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic (Helen Dunmore) Her voice, laconical and richly sensuous, sings out with a note of unequivocal love for the people she is setting down on the page (Marina Warner) She is undoubtedly one of the twentieth century's greatest American writers ( OBSERVER) Her voice, laconical and richly sensuous, sings out with a note of unequivocal love for the people she is setting down on the page ( MARINA WARNER) Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic ( HELEN DUNMORE) Biographie de l'auteur Willa Cather (1873-1947) was born in Virginia where for generations her ancestors farmed land. She became a teacher and journalist and is one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century.