by Willa Cather · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780679731801
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Delve into the introspection of Godfrey St. Peter, a university professor who, on the verge of retirement and facing the prospect of moving to a new residence, experiences a profound existential crisis. Surrounded by the memories of his old home, St. Peter reflects on his life, his marriage, his daughters, and the figure of Tom Outland, his most brilliant student, whose legacy brings both inspiration and painful revelations. This moving novel explores themes of ambition, loss, and the search for meaning in modern life, all framed in the atmosphere of a peaceful Midwestern university town in the 1920s.
Willa Sibert Cather was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, a novel set during World War I.
