Le Divorce
Diane Johnson
Le Divorce by Diane Johnson is an acclaimed literary masterpiece celebrating major critical honors and timeless storytelling.
Read Time: ~7.5 hr
Cold Mountain
by Charles Frazier (1997)
About this book
Cold Mountain is an extraordinary novel about a soldier's perilous journey back to his beloved at the end of the Civil War. At once a magnificent love story and a harrowing account of one man's long walk home, Cold Mountain introduces a stunning new talent in American literature. Based on local history and family stories passed down by the author's great great-great grandfather, Cold Mountain is the tale of a wounded soldier, Inman, who walks away from the ravages of war and back home to his prewar sweetheart, Ada. Inman's odyssey through the devastated landscape of the soon-to-be-defeated South interweaves with Ada's struggle to revive her father's farm, with the help of an intrepid young drifter named Ruby. As their long-separated lives begin to converge at the close of the war, Inman and Ada confront the vastly transformed world they've been delivered.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraLate 20th Century
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters
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