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Hannah Coulter: A Novel
 

Hannah Coulter: A Novel

by Wendell Berry


"Ignorant boys, killing each other," is just about all Nathan Coulter would tell his wife, friends, and family about the Battle of Okinawa in the spring of 1945. Life carried on for the community of Port William, Kentucky, as some boys returned from the war and the lives of others were mourned. In her seventies, Nathan's wife, Hannah, has time now to tell of the years since the war. In... (read more)

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“The review below is from my blog: I first came across the writings of Wendell Berry in college. He had just published The Unsettling of America, a collection of essays in which he set out his beliefs about conservation and land use and how to stop dangerous trends in American agricultural and food production. I don’t know what happened to that book; I’ve lost somewhere along the way. A few years later I came across some of his poetry and enjoy a couple of his chapbooks. Then, about ten...”

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  • millipede

    millipede said:

    “I'm not sure but I think most of Wendell Berry's novels are part of a series. I read The Memory of Old Jack a long time ago, then recently read Jayber Crow. Eventually, I'll read them all. It's a little sad to see how much we lose as time goes by and don't realize it until it's too late. I think that's Berry's point.”

    posted Wednesday, March 14 2007
  • aestheteguy

    aestheteguy said:

    “I found this book to be an excellent read, and it touched me very deeply. I was expecting it to be a small book about one woman living in a remote place...but I think it tells the WHOLE story of America...how many of us came from small places and farms, but how we moved to larger places...AND how America lost it's innocense in the 2 World Wars.

    David”

    posted Sunday, March 11 2007
  • millipede

    millipede said:

    “Yeah, there was a reference book at the library that had hundreds and hundreds of authors talking about writers who had influenced them. I moved and never could find that book again. It was a great way to find new authors and books to read. Really, there is so much to read like you say. Lordy, there are some real champs on this Shelfari website who have already read more than I ever will in my lifetime. ”

    posted Saturday, March 10 2007
  • Big Ape

    big ape said:

    “That's interesting to know Kesey was influenced by Berry. I've been meaning to read What Are People For for a long while..so much to read! ”

    posted Tuesday, March 6 2007
  • millipede

    millipede said:

    “After reading Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion, which was excellent, I read that he had been influenced by Wendell Berry. The first Berry book I read was The Memory of Old Jack. I need to read it again. It was great.

    Berry has some great essays. I particularly like the collection What Are People For.

    It would be great if those "uncommon ideas", as you call them, became more common.”

    posted Tuesday, March 6 2007
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