Not Under Forty - Couverture souple

Cather, Willa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803263317 ISBN 13 : 9780803263314

Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 1988

Synopsis

For Willa Cather, "the world broke in two in 1922 or thereabouts." The whole legacy of Western civilization stood on the far side of World War I, and in the spiritually impoverished present she looked back to that. To that she directed readers of these essays, declaring that anyone under forty years old would not be interested in them. But she was wrong: since its first publication in 1936, Not Under Forty has appealed to readers of all ages who share Cather's concern for excellence, for what endures, in literature and in life.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

My trip into the mountains was wholly successful. All the sug- gestions the old lady had given me proved excellent, and I felt very grateful to her. I stayed away longer than I had intended. I returned to Aix-les-Bains late one night, got up early the next morning, and went to the bank, feeling that Aix is always a good place to come back to. When I returned to the hotel for lunch, there was the old lady, sitting in a chair just outside the door, looking worn and faded. Why, since she had her car and her driver there, she had not run away from the heat, I do not know. But she had stayed through it, and gone out sketching every morning. She greeted me very cordially, asked whether I had an engagement for the evening, and suggested that we should meet in the salon after dinner.

Biographie de l'auteur

Wilella Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) is an eminent author from the United States. She is perhaps best known for her depictions of U.S. life in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and Death Comes for the Archbishop.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Nebraska Press
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803263317
• ISBN 13: 9780803263314
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 149
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible