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Shadows on the Rock is a film about survival, told through the eyes of three compelling women across time. In 1928, at the height of her illustrious career, Willa Cather is faced with the devastating loss of her father and eviction from her cherished home in Greenwich Village.
Shadows on the Rock is a novel by the American writer Willa Cather, published in 1931. The novel covers one year of the lives of Cecile Auclair and her father Euclide, French colonists in Quebec. Like many of Cather's books, the story is driven by detailed portraits of the characters, rather than a narrative plot.
- Willa Cather
- 1931
Shadows on the Rock. Willa Cather. 4.00. 2,796 ratings448 reviews. Set in seventeenth-century Canada, an evocation of North American origins highlights the men and women who struggled to adapt to the new world even as they clung to the one they left behind. Genres Historical Fiction Fiction Classics Canada Historical American Literature. ...more.
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The novel is a detailed study of the lives of French colonists in the late 1600s on the “rock” that is Quebec city, Quebec, Canada. Like many of Cather’s novels, Shadows on the Rock evokes the pioneer spirit and emphasizes the importance of religious tradition.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
19 de dez. de 2016 · Shadows on the Rock. "First edition." Fiction; status: other; English 1; level: Gr. 10; approved: 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945. No specific edition is recommended or required.
26 de set. de 1995 · Willa Cather's novel of seventeenth-century Quebec is a luminous evocation of North American origins, and of the men and women who struggled to adapt to a new world even as they clung to the artifacts and manners of one they left behind.
- Willa Cather
Set in 1697 Quebec, the novel follows a father-daughter duo and their encounters with the diverse people and cultures of the port town. Explore the themes of religion, identity, and frontier life in this book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
