After reading O Pioneers, and Song of the Lark, by Willa Cather, I've now finished her Collected Stories. As the title reveals it's a book of her short stories. While some were more engaging than others, as a whole very worth reading.
In many of these stories, as in Lark, a gifted artist is not understood by his/her family. Perhaps that's auto-biographical. In all of them the dilemmas of human life are dissected. It also seems that in all she is wrestling with the reality of human mortality. Then, too, the pioneer country's shaping of those who lived there is a frequent theme. She is certainly one of America's great writers.
Now, should I re-read, after many years, My Antonia? Stay tuned...
Takk for alt,
Al
PS 1.5" of rain last night follows 1.4" of a few nights ago. My neighbor says he's tired of mowing.
Ethnic clothes for sale in Kunming, China. Traveling in China relying on English was much more difficult than in SE Asia.
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Or you can read One of Ours. She won the Pulitzer for it. ;->
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