My ℓntonia
Through Jim Burden's endearing, smitten voice, we revisit the remarkable vicissitudes of immigrant life in the Nebraska heartland, with all its insistent bonds. Guiding the way are some of literature's most beguiling characters: the Russian brothers plagued by memories of a fateful sleigh ride, Antonia's desperately homesick father and self-indulgent mother, and the coy Lena Lingard. Holding the pastoral society's heart, of course, is the bewitching, free-spirited Antonia
Fiction
219 pages ; 23 cm.
9781583485095, 1583485090
1313125720
"This edition was especially created in 1995 for Book-of-the-Month Club"--T.p. verso