He is the author of cold mountain, the national book award winner for fiction, and thirteen moons. See a complete list of the characters in cold mountain. Inman is not the man he used to be, as wounded in battle he slowly makes his way home to north carolina. Just like the hero odysseus, inman will have to journey back to his home and loved ones after being away at war. Based on local history and family stories passed down by the authors greatgreatgrandfather, cold mountain is the tale of a wounded soldier, inman, who walks away from the ravages of the war and back home to his prewar sweetheart, ada. An interview with charles frazier charles frazier offers an indepth interview regarding cold mountain, including which elements of inmans story in the novel were real and why he chose his unconventional rhythm and timbre writing style. Charles frazier the impact of the civil war on lovers. At once a magnificent love story and a harrowing account of one mans long walk home, cold mountain introduces a stunning new talent in american literature. Cold mountain cold mountain opens with its protagonist, inman, lying in a virginia hospital recovering from war wounds. In his powerful new novel, charles frazier returns to the time and place of cold mountain, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the civil war her marriage prospects limited, teenage varina howell agrees to wed the mucholder widower jefferson davis, with whom she expects the secure life of a mississippi landowner. Overlaying it, though, was an imagined map of the landscape. His first book, a civil war novel and a publishing phenomenon.
He won the 1997 national book award for fiction for cold mountain. Summary read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. Now, the beloved american epic returns, reissued by grove press to coincide with the publication of frazier s. The presence of greek in this book is an early sign of frazier s literary debt to homers odyssey, one of the foundational works of western literature, and an important influence on the plot of cold mountain. Charles fraziers debut novel, cold mountain, which has sold 3 million copies, will be reissued by grove in paperback to coincide with the major event publication of his 2nd book, moons, by random house on october 3rd, 2006. Were she writing a book of types, ada thought, that would do for fear. Charles frazier born november 4, 1950 is an american novelist.
Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. Cold mountain originally published by atlantic monthly press in 1997, charles frazier s debut novel made publishing history when it sailed to the top of the new york times bestseller list for sixtyone weeks, won numerous literary awards, including the national book award, and went on to sell over three million copies. Cold mountain recreates a world gone by that speaks eloquently to our time. In the waning months of the civil war, a wounded confederate veteran named inman gets up from his hospital bed and begins the long journey back to his home in the remote hills of north carolina. Charles frazier is an awardwinning author of american historical fiction. Cold mountain by frazier, charles and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He is the author of cold mountain, the national book award winner for fiction, thirteen moons and nightwoods. It won a 1997 national book award and was adapted for an. Charles frazier s first novel, cold mountain, was published in 1997 to rave critical and commercial success. Cold mountain is a novel by charles frazier that was first published in 1997. For a first novelist, in fact for any novelist, charles frazier has taken on a daunting task. It is a magnetic story, ambitious in scope, with richly developed characters and beautiful evocations of landscape. Charles frazier grew up in the mountains of north carolina. National book award, fiction, 1997one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, charles fraziers cold mountain is a masterpiece that is at once an enthralling adventure, a stirring love story, and a luminous evocation of a vanished america in all.
Charles frazier is a very wellknown author due to the book we are talking about and he has won many awards due to the same book as well. Cold mountain is a 1997 historical novel by charles frazier which won the u. Nightwoods 2011, thirteen moons 2006, and cold mountain 1997 winner of the national book award for fiction. Cold mountain by charles frazier book chat youtube. Charles frazier cold mountain charles frazier cold mountain is an extraordinary novel about a soldiers perilous journey back to his beloved at the end of the civil war. The novel is set in the civil war era, and inman is sent off to war, and while at war, endures the full brutality of the civil war. In the novel, cold mountain, by charles frazier, two main characters, inman and ida, endure intensive transformations in their time apart from each other, and frazier entwines their two separate accounts of their journey. With his awardwinning, criticallylauded, mustread debut cold mountain, charles frazier seemed to come from out of nowhere, delivering the mythic great american novel. Review 20 years after cold mountain, charles frazier. From now until march 30th, the free library will host a series of reading groups, lectures, cooking classes and more as part of this mass reading event. Inman, a wounded deserter from the confederate army near the end of the american civil war who walks for months to return to ada monroe.
Charles frazier reveals marked insight into mans relationship to the land and the dangers of solitude. In 1997, charles fraziers debut novel cold mountain made publishing history when it sailed to the top of the new york times bestseller list for sixtyone weeks, won numerous literary awards, including the national book. This years one book one philadelphia selection is charles fraziers novel cold mountain. Charles fraziers debut novel, cold mountain, is the story of a very long walk. Charles frazier cold mountain 1st edition 1st printing ebay.
It is a magnetic story, ambitious in scope, with richly. Introduction this study guide cold mountain is a historical fiction novel by charles frazier. Cold mountain is an extraordinary novel about a soldiers perilous journey back to his beloved at the end of the civil war. Inman, a wounded deserter from the confederate army near the end of the american civil war who walks for months to return to ada monroe, the love of his life. Oh, yeah, and enough hardhitting literary chops to nab charles fraser a national book award in 1997, turn him from an unknown author into a. Cold mountain author charles frazier on his book and its.
Cold mountain by charles frazier abebooks passion for books. Transformation occurring in the cold mountain essay cold. Library of congress cataloginginpublication data frazier, charles cold mountain charles frazier. He also shares with the great nineteenth century novelists a keen observation of a society undergoing change. While writing cold mountain, i held maps of two geographies, two worlds, in my mind as i wrote. Please click on the literary analysis category you wish to be displayed. Originally published by atlantic monthly press in 1997, charles frazier s debut novel cold mountain made publishing history when it sailed to the top of the new york times bestseller list for sixtyone weeks, won numerous literary awards, including the national book award, and went on to sell over three million copies cold mountain, the extraordinary story of. Charles fraziers cold mountain is the most impressive and enthralling first novel i have read in a long time. One of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, charles fraziers cold mountain is a masterpiece that is at once an enthralling adventure, a stirring love story, and a luminous evocation of a vanished american in all its savagery, solitude, and splendor. This years one book one philadelphia selection is charles frazier s novel cold mountain.
In 1997, charles fraziers debut novel cold mountain made publishing history when it sailed to the top of the new york times bestseller list for sixtyone weeks, won numerous literary awards, including the national book award, and went on to sell over three million copies. Winning the national book award, the novel went on to be a best seller and to be made into an academy awardwinning movie. Cold mountain, which takes its title from a peak in the great balsam mountains of northern carolina, certainly carries its authors knowledge of a particular area. Now nearly a decade after the publication of cold mountain, frazier is back with his second novel thirteen moons, which proves that frazier is anything but a onehit wonder. Charles fraziers first novel, cold mountain, was not only a massive bestseller about the civil war, it was also a critical success.
He is shattered by the violence he has witnessed while fighting in the confederate army and wants to go home to reunite with ada, the woman he loves. Cold mountain is a 1997 historical novel by charles frazier, the novel opens in a confederate military hospital near raleigh, north carolina, where inman is recovering from battle wounds during the american civil war. In 1997, charles frazier s debut novel cold mountain made publishing history when it sailed to the top of the new york times bestseller list for sixtyone weeks, won numerous literary awards, including the national book award, and went on to sell over three million copies. His literary corpus, to date, is comprised of three new york times best selling novels. Now a major motion picture one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, charles fraziers cold mountain is a masterpiece that is at once an enthralling adventure, a stirring love story, and a luminous evocation of a vanished american in all its savagery, solitude, and splendor. Cold mountain by charles frazier books the guardian. A national book award winner for fiction, charles fraziers debut novel, set in the civil warera rural south, considers both grand and intimate life themes as a wounded soldier makes his way home to the highlands of north carolina and to his prewar sweetheart.
Sign me up to get more news about literary fiction books. Now, the beloved american epic returns, reissued by grove press. A novel and millions of other books are available for instant access. Cold mountain is a novel about a soldiers perilous journey back to his beloved near the civil wars end. June 1, 1997 a grim story about a tough, resourceful southern family in the civil war is somewhat submerged by the weight of lyrical detail piled on the tale, and by the slow pace of the telling.
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