{"product_id":"the-song-of-the-lark-paperback-1","title":"The Song of the Lark - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilla Cather\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this powerful portrait of the self-making of an artist, Willa Cather created one of her most extraordinary heroines. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThea Kronborg, a minister's daughter in a provincial Colorado town, seems destined from childhood for a place in the wider world. But as her path to the world stage leads her ever farther from the humble town she can't forget and from the man she can't afford to love, Thea learns that her exceptional musical talent and fierce ambition are not enough. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is in the solitude of a tiny rock chamber high in the side of an Arizona cliff--\"a cleft in the heart of the world\"--that Thea comes face to face with her own dreams and desires, stripped clean by the haunting purity of the ruined cliff dwellings and inspired by the whisperings of their ancient dust. Here she finds the courage to seize her future and to use her gifts to catch \"the shining, elusive element that is life itself--life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.\" In prose as shimmering and piercingly true as the light in a desert canyon, Cather takes us into the heart of a woman coming to know her deepest self.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe time will come when she will be ranked above Hemingway. --Leon Edel \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this powerful portrait of the self-making of an artist, Willa Cather created one of her most extraordinary heroines. Thea Kronborg, a minister's daughter in a provincial Colorado town, seems destined from childhood for a place in the wider world. But as her path to the world stage leads her ever farther from the humble town she can't forget and from the man she can't afford to love, Thea learns that her exceptional musical talent and fierce ambition are not enough. \u003cbr\u003eIt is in the solitude of a tiny rock chamber high in the side of an Arizona cliff--\"a cleft in the heart of the world\"--that Thea comes face to face with her own dreams and desires, stripped clean by the haunting purity of the ruined cliff dwellings and inspired by the whisperings of their ancient dust. Here she finds the courage to seize her future and to use her gifts to catch \"the shining, elusive element that is life itself--life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.\" In prose as shimmering and piercingly true as the light in a desert canyon, Cather takes us into the heart of a woman coming to know her deepest self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWILLA CATHER\u003c\/b\u003e, author of twelve novels, including \u003ci\u003eO Pioneers!, My Ántonia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDeath Comes for the Archbishop\u003c\/i\u003e, was born in Virginia in 1873 but grew up in Nebraska, where many of her novels are set. She died in 1947 in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 27, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52519798374707,"sku":"9780375706455","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/R3VwbnNGZFJ2YzhIb3JEY2cvQmhYZz09.webp?v=1760511148","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-song-of-the-lark-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}