Willa Cather eBooks
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Nacque in Virginia ma presto si trasferì con la famiglia a Red Cloud, in Nebraska. Prima di dedicarsi totalmente alla scrittura, insegnò alla scuola superiore di Pittsburgh, dove scrisse per un giornale locale; dal 1906 lavorò per il «McClure’s Magazine» a New York. Nel 1923 vinse il Premio Pulitzer con il romanzo Uno dei nostri. Si trasferì quindi in Europa e soggiornò a lungo in Francia, ad Avignone. Il mio nemico mortale fu pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1926.
Death comes for the archbishop. E-book. Formato EPUB Willa Cather - Passerino, 2023 -
Death Comes for the Archbishop is a 1927 novel by American author Willa Cather. It concerns the attempts of a Catholic bishop and a priest to establish a diocese in New Mexico Territory.The narrative is based on two historical figures of the late 19th century, Jean-Baptiste Lamy and Joseph Projectus Machebeuf, and rather than any one singular plot, is the stylized re-telling of their lives serving as Roman Catholic clergy in New Mexico. Willa Sibert Cather (born Wilella Sibert Cather; December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, a novel set during World War I.
One of Ours. E-book. Formato EPUB Willa Cather - Passerino, 2024 -
One of Ours is a 1922 novel by Willa Cather that won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. It tells the story of the life of Claude Wheeler, a Nebraska native in the first decades of the 20th century. The son of a successful farmer and an intensely pious mother, he is guaranteed a comfortable livelihood. Nevertheless, Wheeler views himself as a victim of his father's success and his own inexplicable malaise.Willa Sibert Cather born Wilella Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, a novel set during World War I.