One of the most significant American novels of the twentieth century, Willa Cather's heartfelt novel is the unforgettable story of an immigrant woman's life on the hardscrabble Nebraska plains.
Through Jim Burden's affectionate reminiscence of his childhood friend, the free-spirited Ántonia Shimerda, a larger, uniquely American portrait emerges, both of a community struggling with unforgiving terrain and of a woman who, amid great hardship, stands as a timeless inspiration.
With a Foreword by Kathleen Norris
"No romantic novel ever written in America, by man or woman, is one half so beautiful as "My Antonia."" --H.L. Mencken
"For the beauty of the writing, I would say that my go-to is actually My Antonia by Willa Cather, which is a book I first read in high school and found slightly boring but beautiful, and then read again in my 20s and was just totally enraptured by and then have gone back to again and again and again as a beautiful piece of writing" -- Rebecca Traister
Willa Cather (1873-1947), the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of more than fifteen books, was one of the most distinguished American writers of the early twentieth century.
Target Age Group: 14 and UP
Mariner Books Classics
Pub Date: September 21, 1995
0.8" H x 7.7" L x 5.0" W
272 pages
paperback