OPioneers!(Barnes&NobleClassicsSeries)
- 作者
- 出版社 Barnes&Noble
- 出版时间 2004年7月
- ISBN 9781593082055
- 定价 56.60
内容简介
OPioneers!,byWillaCather,ispartoftheBarnes&NobleClassicsseries,whichoffersqualityeditionsataffordablepricestothestudentandthegeneralreader,includingnewscholarship,thoughtfuldesign,andpagesofcarefullycraftedextras.HerearesomeoftheremarkablefeaturesofBarnes&NobleClassics:Alleditionsarebeautifullydesignedandareprintedtosuperiorspecifications;someincludeillustrationsofhistoricalinterest.Barnes&NobleClassicspullstogetheraconstellationofinfluences—biographical,historical,andliterary—toenricheachreader'sunderstandingoftheseenduringworks."Thehistoryofeverycountrybeginsintheheartofamanorawoman,"writesWillaCatherinOPioneers!ThecountryisAmerica;thewomanisAlexandraBergson,afiercelyindependentyoungSwedishimmigrantgirlwhoinheritsherfather’sfarminNebraska.Amodelofemotionalstrength,courage,andresolve,Alexandrafightslongandhardtotransformherfather’spatchofraw,wind-blastedprairieintoahighlyprofitablebusiness.Agrippingsagaoflove,murder,greed,failure,andtriumph,OPioneers!vividlyportraysthehardshipsofprairielife.Aboveall,itchampionsthebeliefthathardworkisthesurestroadtopersonalfulfillment.DescribeduponpublicationinTheNewYorkTimesas"Americaninthebestsenseoftheword,”OPioneers!celebratesthemenandwomenwhostruggledtobuildanationthatisbothcompellingandcontradictory.ChrisKrausistheauthorofAliens&Anorexia,ILoveDick,andtheforthcomingnovel,Torpor.Sheisco-editorofHatredofCapitalism:ASemiotexteReader,andeditsSemiotexteNativeAgents,aseriesofmostlyfemaleundergroundfiction.
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