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Wendell Berry: Port William Novels & Stories: The Postwar Years (LOA #381)

Af: Jack Shoemaker, Wendell Berry Engelsk Hardback

Wendell Berry: Port William Novels & Stories: The Postwar Years (LOA #381)

Af: Jack Shoemaker, Wendell Berry Engelsk Hardback
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Set along the banks of the Kentucky River in America''s heartland, fictional Port William, Kentucky, is an agrarian world is peopled with memorable and beloved characters collectively known as the Port William Membership. For more than 50 years, Wendell Berry has told Port William''s history from the Civil War to the present day, recapturing a time when farming, faith, and family were the anchors of community and the ligaments that bound one generation to the next. Now Library of America continues its definitive edition, prepared in close consultation with the author and published for his 90th birthday, presenting the complete story of Port William for the first time in the order of narrative chronology. This second volume contains 23 stories and 2 novels that span the years 1945 to 1978, as the town faces the forces of mechanization and the looming possibility of its own disappearance. As the generation that came of age after the Civil War disappears, the younger generation increasingly chooses to leave and not return; one of the only exceptions is Andy Catlett, who resolves to remain in and to maintain the Membership. This definitive edition of Wendell Berry''s complete fiction includes detailed notes, endpapers featuring a map of Port William and a Membership family tree, and a chronology of Berry''s remarkable life and career.
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Set along the banks of the Kentucky River in America''s heartland, fictional Port William, Kentucky, is an agrarian world is peopled with memorable and beloved characters collectively known as the Port William Membership. For more than 50 years, Wendell Berry has told Port William''s history from the Civil War to the present day, recapturing a time when farming, faith, and family were the anchors of community and the ligaments that bound one generation to the next. Now Library of America continues its definitive edition, prepared in close consultation with the author and published for his 90th birthday, presenting the complete story of Port William for the first time in the order of narrative chronology. This second volume contains 23 stories and 2 novels that span the years 1945 to 1978, as the town faces the forces of mechanization and the looming possibility of its own disappearance. As the generation that came of age after the Civil War disappears, the younger generation increasingly chooses to leave and not return; one of the only exceptions is Andy Catlett, who resolves to remain in and to maintain the Membership. This definitive edition of Wendell Berry''s complete fiction includes detailed notes, endpapers featuring a map of Port William and a Membership family tree, and a chronology of Berry''s remarkable life and career.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 800
ISBN-13: 9781598537765
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1598537768
Udg. Dato: 16 jul 2024
Længde: 31mm
Bredde: 209mm
Højde: 135mm
Forlag: The Library of America
Oplagsdato: 16 jul 2024
Forfatter(e): Jack Shoemaker, Wendell Berry
Forfatter(e) Jack Shoemaker, Wendell Berry


Kategori Social- & Kulturhistorie


ISBN-13 9781598537765


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 800


Udgave


Længde 31mm


Bredde 209mm


Højde 135mm


Udg. Dato 16 jul 2024


Oplagsdato 16 jul 2024


Forlag The Library of America

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