The Eager Free Public Library is participating in the Big Read, and our book discussion will take place on Tuesday, November 17th. This year's book is My Antonia by Willa Cather. My Antonia is a classic American novel written in the early 1900s. This book tells the story of an immigrant woman's life in Nebraska and is told through Jim Burden's reflections on his childhood friend Antonia Shimerda.
Willa Cather is the author of numerous novels, short fiction, poetry, and collected writings. A list of her novels is below.
Alexander's Bridge
O Pioneers!
The Song of the Lark
My Antonia
One of Ours
A Lost Lady
The Professor's House
My Mortal Enemy
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Shadows on the Rock
Lucy Gayheart
Sapphira and the Slave Girl
If you enjoyed reading My Antonia, you may like some of these similar works:
The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
Close Range by Annie Proulx
Ahab's Wife, or the Star Gazer by Sena Jeter Naslund
Comanche Moon by Larry McMurtry
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Possession by A.S. Byatt
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
The Tie That Binds by Kent Haruf
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