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My Antonia is one of those comforting books for me. I return to it again and again, and love it every time I read it. It has certainly profoundly influenced the way I think about life. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but perhaps, Antonia stirs my soul and awakens that part of me passed down from my own Bohemian grandmothers. I love Antonia's strength, her zest for living, and the way she never shies away from hard work. For me, Antonia captures the very essence of being an American and even mor
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One of the quintessentially American novels - Cather captures pioneer life in Nebraska in little vignettes throughout. From Antonia's immigrant experience, the urge of her native peers to escape farm life, and the community spirit of a small prairie town, it's hard to get truer than this.
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Prairie life was hard and boring.
Sep 05, 2008
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