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Title: Shadows on the Rock by Willa Sibert Cather, Willa Silbert Cather ISBN: 0-89621-413-3 Publisher: Thorndike Pr (Largeprint) Pub. Date: January, 1983 Format: Textbook Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Charming and Moving
Comment: I can but echo the other favorable reviews already here: this book is one of the most magical and delightful I know of. The society and civilization of Quebec in 1697 are so remote from our own that this story might as well be classified as fantasy, and it makes us entirely absorbed in the life and times of the people in the city. The story is told in the 3rd person and the central character is Cecile Auclair, a girl of 12, who lives with her widowed father, the town pharmacist.
I can well understand why some younger readers do not like it. It does indeed use some "French words," and there is not a lot of "action." Older readers will not mind this.
I was given this book in 1967. It was the senior Religion prize at my Jesuit high school. Readers should be aware that some appreciation for the viewpoints and beliefs of the Catholic Church, as it was in 1700, will help in savoring this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderfully evocative
Comment: I have never been to Quebec city, but I feel like have because of this book. Reading the book I felt like I lived there. I knew what was around each corner and what was down the hill. It was years ago and I don't recall the story very well any more. But I still know the feel of the streets. A wonderful sense of place. This is one of the few books that has most stayed with me. I'll have to re-read it.
Probably, the people who found it boring had to read it for a class. That is a real problem. Even with a fine enthusiastic teacher, if you're forced to read a book, which you did not choose at that time, you are apt to find it boring. This is in fact a wonderful book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Epic story of life in cold Canada
Comment: If you like to read about the past... before microwaves, blow dryers, cable TV, etc. and want to feel "REAL" life... this book is for you. If you like to read about how our ancestors trudged thru hardships and challenges to give us our comfy lives today... this is for you. If you want action packed adventure with a twisting plot and a climactic ending... don't buy this book.
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Title: Death Comes for the Archbishop (Vintage Classics) by Willa Cather ISBN: 0679728899 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 16 June, 1990 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Lucy Gayheart (Vintage Classics) by Willa Cather ISBN: 0679728880 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 26 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: My Mortal Enemy (Vintage Classics) by Willa Cather ISBN: 0679731792 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 31 October, 1990 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather, Doris Grumbach ISBN: 0395345308 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 10 May, 1983 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: My Antonia by Willa Cather ISBN: 039575514X Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 21 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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