Charles Frazier
Cold Mountain, is a novel about a soldierâ€™s perilous journey back to his beloved near the Civil War's end. At once a love story & a harrowing account of one manâ€™s long walk home, Cold Mountain introduces a new talent in American literature.,Based on local history & family stories passed down by Frazierâ€™s great-great-grandfather, ,Cold Mountain, is the tale of a wounded Confederate soldier, Inman, who walks away from the ravages of the war & back home to his prewar sweetheart, Ada. His odyssey thru the devastated landscape of the soon-to-be-defeated South interweaves with Adaâ€™s struggle to revive her fatherâ€™s farm, with the help of an intrepid young drifter named Ruby. As their long-separated lives begin to converge at the close of the war, Inman & Ada confront the vastly transformed world theyâ€™ve been delivered.,Frazier reveals insight into human relations with the land & the dangers of solitude. He also shares with the great 19th century novelists a keen observation of a society undergoing change. ,Cold Mountain, recreates a world gone by that speaks to our time.
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Cold Mountain