A Gravestone Made of Wheat
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (564 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00B5MR9AG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 124 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Excerpted from Sweet Land: New and Selected Stories.. The feature film Sweet Land was based on this short story about a Norwegian American farmer and his German immigrant common-law bride
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Publishers Weekly In these 12 stories, the author of the impressive Red Earth, White Earth limns a poignant burial on the family farm, a memorable deer hunt, the tragic auction of a foreclosed farm. . "Weaver captures the flow of family cycles and lifestyles in a very American landscape," opined PW
user said Unlike "Sweet Land". I bought this book after seeing the movie "Sweet Land". I didn't expect too much similarity since one is a short story and the other is a full length movie. However, everything that I felt made the movie unique and of substance as film was absent in a literary sense from this collection of stories. I'm not really criticizing the collection of short stories and if you're reading it based on your experience with the author you may be pleased. But if you are purchasing these stories based on a favorable impression from the movie then you may find them dissimilar and be disapp. A great collection Becky B A Gravestone Made of Wheat is a great collection of stories. They give off a feeling of "home" to me--maybe because most of the stories take place in Minnesota, where I am from. My favorite stories were the title story, which was so wonderful that it made me cry at the end, and "The Undeclared Major," a tale about a student from a small town who doesn't want to tell everyone what his major is because he's afraid people won't approve.These stories are fun to read and good for the soul. I recommend them to anyone (even to those not from Minnesota).. Warm, engaging characters who triumph over difficulties. A Customer Weaver has written a collection of short stories that will warm your heart and make you glad that you spent time engaged in the lives and struggles of his characters. Weaver's characters are ordinary people who face extraordinary circumstances. Their determination and strength speak to depth of their character and to the integrity with which they face life.Their triumphs often come in surprising, and quite unexpected ways, that will leave any reader with a feeling of poignant satisfaction.