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The Professor´s House
Willa Cather
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Description for The Professor´s House
Paperback. A rich and suggestive work which contrasts the middle-aged disillusion of Professor St Peter with his memories of his favourite student, the brilliant explorer and inventor Tom Outland Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
INTRODUCED BY A.S. BYATT
'She is undoubtedly one of the greatest American writers' OBSERVER
'A triumph' HERMIONE LEE
'Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic' HELEN DUMORE
On the eve of his move to a new, more desirable residence, Professor Godfrey St Peter finds himself in the shabby study of his former home. Surrounded by the comforting, familiar sights of his past, he surveys his life and the people he has loved: his wife Lillian, his daughters and above all, Tom Outland, his most outstanding student ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
VMC
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844083763
SKU
V9781844083763
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About Willa Cather
Born in 1873 to a family who had farmed in Virginia for generations, Willa Cather moved to her father's new ranch in Nebraska when she was eight. The raw frontier territories and the pioneer life of the Old West were to awaken her imagination and furnish the atmosphere for much of her later work. After graduating from the University of ... Read more
Reviews for The Professor´s House
Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic
Helen Dunmore She is undoubtedly one of the greatest American writers
Observer
A triumph
Hermione Lee The book holds in majestic and mournful equipoise both the nobility of the civilizing instinct and the certainty of its frustration
Donald Lyons
The Criterion ... Read more
Helen Dunmore She is undoubtedly one of the greatest American writers
Observer
A triumph
Hermione Lee The book holds in majestic and mournful equipoise both the nobility of the civilizing instinct and the certainty of its frustration
Donald Lyons
The Criterion ... Read more