My Antonia ( Oxford World'S Classics)

The 100 best novels of all time | Guardian 'My Antonia depicts the pioneering period of European settlement on the tall-grass prairie of the American midwest, with its beautiful yet terrifying landscape, rich ethnic mix of immigrants and native-born Americans, and communities who share life's joys and sorrows. Jim Burden recounts his memories of Antonia Shimerda, whose family settle in Nebraska from Bohemia. Together they share childhoods spent in a new world. Jim leaves the prairie for college and a career in the east, while Antonia devotes herself to her large family and productive farm. Her story is that of the land itself, a moving portrait of endurance and strength. Review: 'A clear-eyed salute to the resilience of the human spirit and the innate hardiness of the immigrants who came across the ocean to start afresh in the golden west' Guardian 'Because of Willa Cather's intensity of observation, My Antonia remains a revelation' Paris Review Author Biography: Willa Cather (1873-1947) was an American author known for her works on frontier life, including the "prairie trilogy", which includes O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Antonia. She received the Pulitzer Prize in 1923.