Description
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.
'Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic' Helen Dunmore
'The Song of the Lark illuminates all her work' -- A. S. Byatt
'Lingers long in the memory' -- Joyce Carol Oates
Number of pages: 448
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 19 mm
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.
'Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic' Helen Dunmore
'The Song of the Lark illuminates all her work' -- A. S. Byatt
'Lingers long in the memory' -- Joyce Carol Oates
Number of pages: 448
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 19 mm
