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Obscure Destinies Paperback – June 11, 2010

by Willa Cather (Author)
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The jacket of the first edition of Obscure Destinies announced “Three New Stories of the West,†heralding Willa Catherâ€s return to what many thought of as “her†territory—the Great Plains. These three stories, “Neighbour Rosicky,†“Old Mrs. Harris,†and “Two Friends,†reflected her return to the well of memory that had inspired the books that made her reputation. The Willa Cather Scholarly Edition presents for the first time the three stories in their historical and biographical context, with an interpretive historical essay and detailed explanatory notes. The textual essay and apparatus establish the definitive text and trace Catherâ€s changes through newly discovered prepublication versions.
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    June 11, 2010
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    5.98 x 0.31 x 9.02 inches
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    1849027188
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    978-1849027182
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Benediction Classics (June 11, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 132 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1849027188
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1849027182
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.31 x 9.02 inches
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Rich character development, beautiful scenery development, good insight into long ago times with similar characteristics to today. Endings, losses, reflection.
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In time. The same I purchased. No problems at all. That is enough. That is enoyuf. That is enough. That is enough.
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Bonnie Brody
5.0 out of 5 stars Short Stories of Willa Cather
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'The Neighbor Rosicky' is a beautiful story of a real person of family life. The
descriptive detail is beautiful yet simple.

'Old Mrs. Smith' is a story of what it is to be an old lady - - her grace, her role
and pride as seen from many angles.

'Two Friends' deals with a strange friendship, strong in its being and strong in
its destruction.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Neighbour Rosicky
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This collection of three stories--each over fifty pages--contains what I believe is the most emotionally beautiful "short story" ever written: "Neighbour Rosicky".

Here is a story of love, and despair; beauty and tragedy. All life entails suffering, but it is up to us how we handle suffering: we either handle it with dignity or despair; this volume bespeaks of the former. When the crop fails, Rosicky takes his family on a picknick, so they can appreciate what they have, not what they don't. Rosicky--with a bad heart--rakes the Russian thistle from his son's neighboring farm because "he was afraid their seed would root and 'take the alfalfa'". Some call this "silly sentimentalism", but it is not: it is the beauty of appreciating life in the simple things.

Willa Cather, like Shakespeare, is a word-smith for all ages, and will be read--in a thousand years--alongside Homer and his ilk.
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1.0 out of 5 stars These are wonderful stories by Willa Cather but do NOT buy this ...
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These are wonderful stories by Willa Cather but do NOT buy this edition! It is an abysmally produced and formatted print-on-demand copy. You'd be better off simply printing them off online to read them.
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