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One of Ours

Author
Willa Cather
Read by
James Harrington
Language
English
Length
11 hours 21 minutes
ISBN
9781802561357
Published
27 October 2024
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Yearning
  • transformation
  • Nebraska
  • World War I
  • purpose
  • identity
  • sacrifice
  • belonging
  • rural life
  • self-discovery

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Embark on the profound journey of "One of Ours" by Willa Cather, a sweeping narrative of yearning and transformation. Claude Wheeler, a young Nebraska farmer, struggles with unfulfilled aspirations and a sense of displacement in his quiet rural life. The outbreak of World War I offers him a path to purpose, as he joins the fight in France. Through the chaos and camaraderie of war, Cather explores themes of identity, sacrifice, and the quest for meaning, painting a vivid portrait of a soul in search of belonging.

Author

Willa Cather was an American Pulitzer Prize winning author who achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, in works such as O Pioneers!, My Antonia. Although Cather began her writing career as a journalist, she made a distinction between journalism, which she saw as being primarily informative, and literature, which she saw as an art form.

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