A Lost Lady (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781844083732)

Marian Forrester is the symbolic flower of the Old American West. She draws her strength from that solid foundation, bringing delight and beauty to her elderly husband, to the small town of Sweet Water where they live, to the prairie land itself, and to the young narrator of her story, Neil Herbert. All are bewitched by her brilliance and grace, and all are ultimately betrayed. For Marian longs for "life on any terms," and in fulfilling herself, she loses all she loved and all who loved her. This, Willa Cather's most perfect novel, is not only a portrait of a troubling beauty, but also a haunting evocation of a noble age slipping irrevocably into the past.

Author: Willa Cather
ISBN-10: 184408373X
ISBN-13: 9781844083732
Publisher: Virago Press (UK)
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2006
Pages: 167
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 7.78h x 4.98w x 0.49d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/01/2012 pg. 142

About the Author
Willa Cather (1873-1947) was born in Virginia where for generations her ancestors farmed land. She became a teacher and journalist and is one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century.