A Lost Lady
of Willa Cather, A.S. Byatt (Introduction)
Description
Marian Forrester is the symbolic flower of the Old American West. She draws her strength from that solid foundation, bringing delight and beauty to her elderly husband, to the small town of Sweet Water where they live, to the prairie land itself, and to the young narrator of her story, Neil Herbert. All are bewitched by her brilliance and grace, and all are ultimately betrayed. For Marian longs for "life on any terms," and in fulfilling herself, she loses all she loved and all who loved her. This, Willa Cather's most perfect novel, is not only a portrait of a troubling beauty, but also a haunting evocation of a noble age slipping irrevocably into the past.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 167 pages
- Publisher Virago
- Publication Date September 1st 2006
- First Publication 10/30/23
- Language English
- ISBN 9781844083732
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Sweetwater (United States)']
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