| Author: | Yon Walls | ISBN: | 9780990309505 |
| Publisher: | Yon Walls | Publication: | April 16, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Yon Walls |
| ISBN: | 9780990309505 |
| Publisher: | Yon Walls |
| Publication: | April 16, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
After a fatal epidemic, a young Colette Stonethrower flees her village to a life as an orphanage guardian, until another tragedy changes everything. As she leaves again on faith, migrating far from the place of her birth, she meets a talented, idealistic stranger and makes a friend from a foreign land who becomes her trusted confidant.
While her new life reveals her purpose—fighting for the working poor and the destitute, exposing corruption and advocating for the arts—Colette encounters the merciless genesis of urban industrialization that marks the American era of mass consumption and machination. She also witnesses the beginnings of an artistic renaissance, forbidden love, the outbreak of World War I, and encounters the blossoming of a love like no other.
Yet, despite her struggles and some good fortune, Colette also inherits something that will endure the generations. Set at the beginning of the last century—written lyrically in prose, sometimes like a delicate poem or an impressionist narrative, with surprising characters that enter and exit as in a dream—Seeing Colette is a novella to sense and savor.
After a fatal epidemic, a young Colette Stonethrower flees her village to a life as an orphanage guardian, until another tragedy changes everything. As she leaves again on faith, migrating far from the place of her birth, she meets a talented, idealistic stranger and makes a friend from a foreign land who becomes her trusted confidant.
While her new life reveals her purpose—fighting for the working poor and the destitute, exposing corruption and advocating for the arts—Colette encounters the merciless genesis of urban industrialization that marks the American era of mass consumption and machination. She also witnesses the beginnings of an artistic renaissance, forbidden love, the outbreak of World War I, and encounters the blossoming of a love like no other.
Yet, despite her struggles and some good fortune, Colette also inherits something that will endure the generations. Set at the beginning of the last century—written lyrically in prose, sometimes like a delicate poem or an impressionist narrative, with surprising characters that enter and exit as in a dream—Seeing Colette is a novella to sense and savor.
