Thirteen Moons Charles Frazier

• Auteur : Charles Frazier
• Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Langue : Anglais
• Parution : 01/06/2007
• Nombre de pages : 422
• Nombre de livres : 1
• Dimensions : 18.00 x 11.00 x 1.70

Résumé :

Will Cooper's search for identity and home begins at the age of twelve, when he is given a horse, a key and a map, and sent w the edge of the Cherokee Nation to run a trading post as a bound boy. With a Cherokee chief named Bear and the mysterious and beautiful Claire Featherstone, Will finds the passionate connections and the complications of manhood that will forge his character and shape his life. As his face becomes intertwined with the destiny of the Cherokee, Will travels to Washington City to fight against the Removal of the Indians from their land and to protect Bear's people, their culture, and way of life. In a voice filled with insight, humour and regret, Will tells of a long life's journey, from the beautiful forests and mountains of the Nation across the South and up and down the Mississippi River, and on into the twentieth century. Thirteen Moons is a novel of breathtaking power and beauty by an American master.

A propos de l'auteur :

Charles Frazier was born in Asheville, North Carolina. Cold Mountain, his first novel, was an international bestseller and won the National Book Award in 1997, as well as the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.