Marguerite Noble
Autore di Filaree: A Novel of American Life (A Zia Book)
Opere di Marguerite Noble
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1910-01-10
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Roosevelt, Arizona, USA (birthplace)
- Istruzione
- Arizona State University (BEd, MEd)
- Attività lavorative
- teacher
Utenti
Recensioni
This moving novel of pioneer life in Arizona has become a classic. Based on the life of the author's mother, it overturns every stereotype of western womanhood.
"Comes closer to the truth and the validity of the so-called winning of the West than anything I have ever read. It is terrifying, heartbreaking and remarkable. . . . Filaree is also one of the most magnificent portraits of a woman that exists in our literature."--Howard Fast
"I loved Filaree, I didn't just read it, I crawled between the pages and lived it."--Lily Tomlin
"An extraordinary performance. . . . a powerful antidote to the romantic illusions some people have about ranch people and life on the range. . . . As a writer, Mrs. Noble makes no compromises. She tells her story in plain country American dialect, offers no exaggerated sex or violence, no vulgar talk. She is a realist in the best sense, a breath of fresh air in these free-wheeling times."--C. L. Sonnichsen
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
Marguerite Noble (1910 - 2007) was an important Arizona novelist, teacher and community member.
ACCLAIM
"The literature style of Filaree is simple, fitting to the people, time, place."
-- Library Journal
"Filaree . . . celebrates her adaptability and accomplishment. This novel is a spunky commemoration of the stubborn spirit of the frontier to resist, survive, and prevail."
-- Western American Literature
". . . an engrossing tale . . . recommended for historical fiction readers."
-- The Midwest Book Review… (altro)
"Comes closer to the truth and the validity of the so-called winning of the West than anything I have ever read. It is terrifying, heartbreaking and remarkable. . . . Filaree is also one of the most magnificent portraits of a woman that exists in our literature."--Howard Fast
"I loved Filaree, I didn't just read it, I crawled between the pages and lived it."--Lily Tomlin
"An extraordinary performance. . . . a powerful antidote to the romantic illusions some people have about ranch people and life on the range. . . . As a writer, Mrs. Noble makes no compromises. She tells her story in plain country American dialect, offers no exaggerated sex or violence, no vulgar talk. She is a realist in the best sense, a breath of fresh air in these free-wheeling times."--C. L. Sonnichsen
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
Marguerite Noble (1910 - 2007) was an important Arizona novelist, teacher and community member.
ACCLAIM
"The literature style of Filaree is simple, fitting to the people, time, place."
-- Library Journal
"Filaree . . . celebrates her adaptability and accomplishment. This novel is a spunky commemoration of the stubborn spirit of the frontier to resist, survive, and prevail."
-- Western American Literature
". . . an engrossing tale . . . recommended for historical fiction readers."
-- The Midwest Book Review… (altro)
This book by my beloved seventh grade teacher, who taught me just about all I know about the English sentence structure, is a fictionalized account of her mother, who rode a wagon trail from Texas to Arizona in the early 1900's. If you are interested in what life was like for pioneering women in the West, this is a book that will lay it out for you. Marguerite Nobel was the real deal, a Westerner through and though, who was as cowboy tough as she was literate.
Premi e riconoscimenti
Statistiche
- Opere
- 3
- Utenti
- 58
- Popolarità
- #284,346
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 6
For fans of The Moonflower Vine and The Good House.… (altro)