The second novel in Willa Cather’s Great Plains trilogy, is a lyrical coming-of-age story charting the struggles of an artists life. Thea Kronberg, gifted with a beautiful voice, defies her humble beginnings in Colorado and finds success far from her small hometown. But her achievements come with painful drawbacks. As the distance between Thea and her roots increases, she must fight to find her inner strength and reach her full potential.
2146 Руб.
The second novel in the Great Plains trilogy, this is a passionate portrait of the artist as a young woman Thea Kronberg, a young girl from a small town in Colorado has a great gift - her beautiful singing voice. Her talent takes her to the great opera houses of Europe, and through ambition and hard work, she forges a life as an artist. But if she can never go home again, nor can she leave behind her past. At last, in a desert canyon in Arizona, Thea has a revelation that will allow her to attain a new state of spirituality and become a truly great artist.
2298 Руб.
Increasingly regarded as a major 20th-century writer, Willa Cather celebrated American pioneers and the land they worked. Her strong female characters and the elegiac quality of her writing have combined to earn her high standing with critics and the public alike. According to Maxwell Geismar, she was "an aristocrat in an equalitarian order, an agrarian writer in an industrial order, a defender of the spiritual graces in the midst of an increasingly materialistic culture. Her talents are amply displayed in this collection, which features the touching title story about a young boy locally regarded as a delinquent and social misfit, and "A Wagner Matinee" (both revised by Cather for publication in Youth and the Bright Medusa, 1920); as well as "Lou, the Prophet" (1892), a haunting tale of failure, spiritual rebirth and legendary fame; "Eric Hermannson's Soul" (1900), an intriguing account of a man who, after years of dissolute living, is lured into the fold of a fanatical sect; and "The Enchanted Bluff" (1909), bittersweet recollections of life in a pioneer river town. Presented in this attractive, inexpensive edition, these timeless tales offer a provocative glimpse into the work of Willa Cather.
867 Руб.
Чайковский в Джазовой обработке Трио Сергея Жилина. 1 CD. 1. December. Christmas - 07:08, 2. Januray. At The Fireside - 04:02, 3. June. Barcarolle - 10:28, 4. March. Song Of The Lark - 02:10, 5. October. The Autumn Song - 07:58, 6. April. A Snowdrop - 04:04, 7. Waltz Of The Flower (From 'Nutcracker') - 06:00, 8. February. Carnival - 03:08, 9. November. Troka - 06:45
6499 Руб.
Since childhood, Claude Wheeler has believed that ‘something splendid’ would restore the faith he had lost in modern life and the personal compromises and materialism that it brings. The calls of the First World War offers escape from his prosperous farm in Nebraska and marriage of convenience and brings the opportunity to fight for a worthy cause. In action in France he discovers the faith and happiness he has yearned, but not without the heavy cost that war inevitably brings. Willa Cather looks back at the pioneering myth and forward to a new kind of modern heroism through One of Ours, a novel championing democracy.
4362 Руб.
"How to describe the ecstatic song of larks? How the writers and poets have tried..." Skylarks are the heralds of our countryside. Their music is the quintessential sound of spring. The spirit of English pastoralism, they inspire poets, composers and farmers alike. In the trenches of World War I they were a reminder of the chattering meadows of home. Perhaps you were up with the lark, or as happy as one. History has seen us poeticise and musicise the bird, but also capture and eat them. We watch as they climb the sky, delight in their joyful singing, and yet we harm them too. The Soaring life of the Lark explores the music and poetry; the breath-taking heights and struggle to survive of one of Britain's most iconic songbirds.
2608 Руб.
Трио Сергея Жилина. Чайковский в джазе. 1 LP. A1 December. Christmas - 07:06, A2 Januray. At The Fireside - 04:00, A3 June. Barcarolle - 10:24, A4 March. Song Of The Lark - 02:08, B1 October. The Autumn Song - 07:53, B2 April. A Snowdrop - 04:00, B3 February. Carnival - 03:05, B4 November. Troka - 06:45
37799 Руб.
Stories of Motherhood gathers together more than a century of short fiction from a wide variety of authors in a literary celebration of the most elemental of human relationships. Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Sherwood Anderson, Elizabeth Bowen, Anita Desai, Colm Toibin, Lorrie Moore and many others write memorably about mothers – having, leaving, loving and losing them – in stories lyrical and satirical, realistic and fantastic, hilarious and heartbreaking.
3580 Руб.
Featuring 19 of the finest works from the most distinguished writers in the American short-story tradition, this new compilation begins with Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1835 tale Young Goodman Brown and ranges across an entire century, concluding with Ernest Hemingway's 1927 classic, The Killers. Other selections include Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart, Melville's Bartleby, Harte's The Luck of Roaring Camp, To Build a Fire, by Jack London, The Real Thing by Henry James, F. Scott Fitzgerald's Bernice Bobs Her Hair, plus stories by Mark Twain, Sarah Orne Jewett, Charles Chesnutt, Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Willa Cather, Ambrose Bierce, Theodore Dreiser, and others. Perfect for classroom use, this outstanding collection of tales will also prove popular with fiction readers everywhere.
1206 Руб.
Emigrating from Bohemia to Black Hawk, Nebraska, with her family, Antonia discovers no white-framed farmhouse or snug barn. Instead, the cultured Shimerda family finds itself huddled in a primitive sod house buffeted by the ceaselessly blowing winds on the Midwest prairie. For her childhood friend Jim Burden, Antonia comes to embody the elemental spirit of this frontier. Working alongside men, she survives without compromising the rich, deep power of her nature. And Willa Cather’s lush descriptions of the rolling Nebraska grasslands interweave with the blossoming of a woman in the early days of the twentieth century in a novel that is an epic chronicle of America’s past. The novel Cather herself considered her best, My Antonia is one of those rare, highly prized works of great literature that not only enriches its readers but immerses them in a tale superbly told.
178 Руб.
Emigrating from Bohemia to Black Hawk, Nebraska, with her family, Antonia discovers no white-framed farmhouse or snug barn. Instead, the cultured Shimerda family finds itself huddled in a primitive sod house buffeted by the ceaselessly blowing winds on the Midwest prairie. For her childhood friend Jim Burden, Antonia comes to embody the elemental spirit of this frontier. Working alongside men, she survives without compromising the rich, deep power of her nature. And Willa Cather’s lush descriptions of the rolling Nebraska grasslands interweave with the blossoming of a woman in the early days of the twentieth century in a novel that is an epic chronicle of America’s past. The novel Cather herself considered her best, My Antonia is one of those rare, highly prized works of great literature that not only enriches its readers but immerses them in a tale superbly told.
178 Руб.
‘During that burning day when we were crossing Iowa, our talk kept returning to a central figure, a Bohemian girl whom we had both known long ago. More than any other person we remembered, this girl seemed to mean to us the country, the conditions, the whole adventure of our childhood . . . His mind was full of her that day. He made me see her again, feel her presence, revived all my old affection for her.’ My Antonia is the unforgettable story of an immigrant woman’s life on the Nebraska plains, seen through the eyes of her childhood friend, Jim Burden. The beautiful, free-spirited, wild-eyed girl captured Jim’s imagination long ago and haunts him still, embodying for him the elemental spirit of the American frontier. In this powerful and astonishing novel, Willa Cather created one of the most winning yet thoroughly convincing heroines in American fiction.
2724 Руб.
Треклист: Frédéric Chopin 1810-1849 A1. Scherzo No. 1 In B Minor Op. 20 A2. Scherzo No. 2 In B-Flat Minor Op. 31 B1. Scherzo No. 3 In C-Sharp Minor Op. 39 B2. Scherzo No. 4 In E Major Op. 54 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840-1893 The Seasons Op. 37a C1. I January: At The Fireside C2. II February: Carnival C3. III March: Song Of The Lark C4. IV April: Snowdrop C5. V May: White Nights C6. VI June: Barcarolle D1. VII July: The Reaper's Song D2. VIII August: The Harvest D3. IX September: The Hunt D4. X October: Autumn Song D5. XI November: Troika D6. XII December: Christmas
24949 Руб.
Sisters Willa and Harper mean the world to each other. Inseparable since the loss of their mother as teenagers, the Lakey sisters are perfect opposites. Quiet, demure Willa has always admired Harper's sense of adventure. She enjoys her peaceful routine as a cafe owner in their coastal hometown of Oceanside. When a handsome customer shows interest in Willa, Harper urges her sister to take a chance on love. Then Harper receives crushing news that threatens to bring everything to a halt. Only by supporting each other will the sisters be able to face the trials to come. And though the time ahead may be tough, Willa and Harper will discover that the darkest times can lead to the most beautiful rewards.
1935 Руб.
A rich and suggestive work which contrasts the middle-aged disillusion of Professor St Peter with his memories of his favourite student, the brilliant explorer and inventor Tom Outland On the eve of his move to a new, more desirable residence, Professor Godfrey St Peter finds himself in the shabby study of his former home. Surrounded by the comforting, familiar sights of his past, he surveys his life and the people he has loved: his wife Lillian, his daughters and, above all, Tom Outland, his most outstanding student and once, his son-in-law to be. Enigmatic and courageous - and a tragic victim of the Great War - Tom has remained a source of inspiration to the professor. But he has also left behind him a troubling legacy which has brought betrayal and fracture to the women he loves most…
2194 Руб.
Sisters Willa and Harper mean the world to each other. Inseparable since the loss of their mother as teenagers, the Lakey sisters are perfect opposites. Quiet, demure Willa has always admired Harper’s sense of adventure. She enjoys her peaceful routine as a cafe owner in their coastal hometown of Oceanside. When a handsome customer shows interest in Willa, Harper urges her sister to take a chance on love. Then Harper receives crushing news that threatens to bring everything to a halt. Only by supporting each other will the sisters be able to face the trials to come. And though the time ahead may be tough, Willa and Harper will discover that the darkest times can lead to the most beautiful rewards.
613 Руб.