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This is my second Cather. I really enjoyed O Pioneers!, but felt there were some issues that prevented it from achieving absolute greatness, instead leaving it just mostly great—mainly, the omniscient narrator who fills us in on the characters' thoughts and feelings at any given time. I prefer to be shown rather than told, so this is a pet peeve of mine, and it was a minor irritation throughout.
That out of the way, My Ántonia truly shows how much Willa Cather grew as a novelist within just a few ...more
That out of the way, My Ántonia truly shows how much Willa Cather grew as a novelist within just a few ...more
One of the great novels of the settling of the American West.
I love this book.
Aug 10, 2010
Joshlynn
marked it as to-read
