The Pittsburgh Stories of Willa Cather [Hardback]

Willa Cather (Author); Peter Oresick (Author)

£25.00
OR
ISBN: 9780887486166 | Published by: Carnegie Mellon University Press | Series: Mariana Brown Dietrich Notable Book Series | Year of Publication: 2016 | Language: English 208p, H190 x W127 (mm)




The Pittsburgh Stories of Willa Cather

Details

In these six stories, Willa Cather vividly captures the character of early 1900s Pittsburgh, a place she called home during her formative years as a writer. She depicts a city a where culture is beginning to take root, rising from the harsh industrial landscape. Her characters, ranging from a skinny young usher boy to an elderly doctor, seek meaning in music, art, and human connection. Through them, Cather explores the dual nature of art as a higher purpose. Art tugs at the edges of human emotion, inspiring a sense of wonder, but also instilling an insatiable longing for beauty in a disorderly world. Cather deftly captures transient moments of brilliance and pain to convince us of this fundamental truth.

Additional Information

Edition No. No

Product Tags

Use spaces to separate tags. Use single quotes (') for phrases.