My Antonia

Willa Cather's best-loved novel, and the final book in the Great Plains trilogy, is a beautiful portrayal of friendship, longing and growing up in frontier Nebraska.

When young orphan Jim Burden is sent to live with his grandparents in Nebraska, he finds himself growing up alongside Bohemian immigrant Antonia Shimerda. Their childhoods are full of shared adventures but as they grow their paths diverge, spurred on by the dire poverty of the Shimerda family. Yet Jim will never forget Antonia, spellbound by her strength and remarkable free spirit.

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY TRAVEL WRITER SARA WHEELER

Review: A clear-eyed salute to the resilience of the human spirit * Guardian *

My Antonia remains a revelation * The Paris Review *

The knowledge of long hardship gives weight to the novel's exquisitely realized moments of fulfilment... Cather looks with a wise, clear eye on those quiet moments -- Alexandra Harris * Harper's Bazaar *