The Yearling
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
In the scrublands of post-Civil War Florida, a young boy named Jody Baxter discovers an orphaned fawn and brings it home, forging a bond that will test the resilience of his family and the innocence of his childhood. The Yearling chronicles the coming-of-age of a sensitive, nature-loving boy navigating the harsh realities of frontier life — hunger, hardship, and heartbreak — against the achingly beautiful backdrop of the Florida wilderness. Rawlings draws on her intimate knowledge of the backwoods South to craft a story that pulses with authenticity, tenderness, and an unsparing honesty about the cost of growing up. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1939, The Yearling stands as one of the great American novels of the twentieth century, celebrated for its lyrical prose and its profound meditation on love, loss, and the brutal passage from innocence to experience. Rawlings' writing is deeply sensory — the reader can almost smell the pine forests and hear the cry of wildlife — making the inevitable tragedy of the story all the more devastating. This illustrated edition, with artwork by Edward Shenton and abridged by Thomas DePietro, brings fresh visual life to a timeless narrative that continues to move readers of every generation — leaving one final, haunting question: at what price does a child become a man?
Author: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
In the scrublands of post-Civil War Florida, a young boy named Jody Baxter discovers an orphaned fawn and brings it home, forging a bond that will test the resilience of his family and the innocence of his childhood. The Yearling chronicles the coming-of-age of a sensitive, nature-loving boy navigating the harsh realities of frontier life — hunger, hardship, and heartbreak — against the achingly beautiful backdrop of the Florida wilderness. Rawlings draws on her intimate knowledge of the backwoods South to craft a story that pulses with authenticity, tenderness, and an unsparing honesty about the cost of growing up. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1939, The Yearling stands as one of the great American novels of the twentieth century, celebrated for its lyrical prose and its profound meditation on love, loss, and the brutal passage from innocence to experience. Rawlings' writing is deeply sensory — the reader can almost smell the pine forests and hear the cry of wildlife — making the inevitable tragedy of the story all the more devastating. This illustrated edition, with artwork by Edward Shenton and abridged by Thomas DePietro, brings fresh visual life to a timeless narrative that continues to move readers of every generation — leaving one final, haunting question: at what price does a child become a man?