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Title: The Professor's House (Vintage Classic) by Willa Cather ISBN: 0-679-73180-6 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 November, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.69 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Bittersweet novel of uncommon insight
Comment: This Cather novel can best be compared to a small symphony in a minor key. It is a gentle, bittersweet portrait of a successful scholar who finds himself emotionally isolated from his family in a transitional time in the family's development. A move from their familiar, too-small home to a newer, larger home highlights tensions and jealousies between his newly married daughters and the distance between himself and his wife. The first portion of the novel focuses on the professor's disappointing relationships with his family and colleagues, relationships he observes with poignancy and sadness. A smaller but equally important portion of the novel tells the story of Tom Outland, a young man whose life and death provide a backdrop for the professor's story. Cather's prose is lean and unadorned, giving every word meaning. This lends itself particularly well to her treatment of the southwest. Her portrait of the professor as ineffectual and alienated is consistent with Cather's general treatment of males and reflects her distrust of marriage. It is nevertheless a poignant and realistic portrayal of a man confronting the disappointments of an otherwise successful life. It is a must read.
Rating: 4
Summary: Melt into Gorgeous Writing
Comment: I read this book in four or so hours straight. It was thefirst book I'd read by Willa Cather, but it definitely placed hersolidly in my top five greatest authors list. She's got a beautiful way with words. She's really romantic but manages to completely avert any cheesey-ness. I remember looking up after reading the last page of the novel; I felt totally displaced from my life. For that moment I was still utterly invested in the life of the family in _The Professor's House_. Read this one if you love Willa Cather, or if you've never read her before.
Rating: 5
Summary: On aging and acceptance
Comment: Lately, I've turned away from fiction, because I haven't been able to find works that keep me turning those pages. When I stumbled across The Professor's House, I was delighted to find myself swept away and completely absorbed by Willa Cather's tender and disturbing tale of an ordinary man's confrontation with his feelings about place, family, and ageing. The professor's realization that he might have to forfeit the passion and vivacity he experienced in his youth and compromise with a "life without joy" was very poignant and provoking. Cather's prose is intelligent, but fluid and concise. I think it will go on my list of a dozen or more most memorable novels.
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Title: The Tragical History of Hamlet Prince of Denmark (PELICAN SHAKESPEARE) by William Shakespeare, A. R. Braunmuller ISBN: 0140714545 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: Billy Budd and Other Stories (Penguin Classics) by Herman Melville ISBN: 0140390537 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Gilgamesh: A New Rendering in English Verse by David Ferry ISBN: 0374523835 Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Pub. Date: 01 July, 1993 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse Translation by Dante Alighieri, Robert Pinsky, Nicole Pinsky ISBN: 0374524521 Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Great Dialogues of Plato (Signet Classics (Paperback)) by Plato ISBN: 0451527453 Publisher: Signet Classics Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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