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by Willa Cather (Author)
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'Her prose has a supple, lit-up sensuality that constantly makes the reader stop and read again as in a fine piece of poetry' Marina Warner --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Set in seventeenth-century Canada, an evocation of North American origins highlights the men and women who struggled to adapt to the new world even as they clung to the one they left behind. Reprint.

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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage (September 26, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0679764046
  • ISBN-13: 978-0679764045
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #223,308 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Charming and Moving, March 12, 2002
By Brian Libby "Gadfly" (Faribault, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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I can but echo the other favorable reviews already here: this book is one of the most magical and delightful I know of. The society and civilization of Quebec in 1697 are so remote from our own that this story might as well be classified as fantasy, and it makes us entirely absorbed in the life and times of the people in the city. The story is told in the 3rd person and the central character is Cecile Auclair, a girl of 12, who lives with her widowed father, the town pharmacist.

I can well understand why some younger readers do not like it. It does indeed use some "French words," and there is not a lot of "action." Older readers will not mind this.

I was given this book in 1967. It was the senior Religion prize at my Jesuit high school. Readers should be aware that some appreciation for the viewpoints and beliefs of the Catholic Church, as it was in 1700, will help in savoring this book.

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A magical excursion into a long lost world, March 8, 1999
By Robert Moore (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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Willa Cather was a lapsed Protestant who wrote two of the greatest novels of the twentieth century dealing with Roman Catholic characters: this novel and the even greater DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP. This book is many things at once: a magnificent historical novel, a wonderful depiction of an adolescent growing up, and a wonderful evocation of a world that none of us can visit any longer. I do not know what possessed this midwesterner to write a novel about 17th century Quebec, but I am delighted that she did. I cannot recommend this novel highly enough.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgia for a past way of life, April 17, 1998
Auclair, Cecile, Mother Juschereau, Pierre Charron, Jacques, Jeanne Le Ber, Comte de Frontenac, Bishop Lacal-- Just to say these names is akin to the satisfaction one experiences crunching a potato chip or savoring a delectable morsel of chocolate. There is a connection here between the written word and one's senses that is rarely found these days and when one does find it one desires to cherish the moment. Reading Cather makes me wistful for the past. I want to see the rock of Quebec. I want to live in a town that is flanked by wilderness where the only connection to "civilized" Europe is by the arrival and departure of massive sailing ships. I also want to believe as the people in the novel believe, in the mystic wonders of a religion that extols the virtues of deceased missionaries and cloistered hermitess'. In short Cather has convinced me to travel-- back in time if I could-- to see what Cecile and Auclair see or even what Cather herself saw that so moved her to write such a beautiful history. I only wish I could read more. Each character she introduces could be the protagonist of their own novel. A wonderful, simple, novel that makes you want to get up off your seat and go!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Shadows on the Rock
Nothing much happens in this novel, but, it stays with you after reading it. Glad I read it.
Published 11 months ago by Mr. E. L. Newsome

4.0 out of 5 stars A Novel of Old Quebec
Willa Cather wrote "Shadows on the Rock"(1931) late in her novelistic career following her more famous book, "Death Comes for the Archbishop."(1927). Read more
Published 13 months ago by Robin Friedman

5.0 out of 5 stars Sacramental Ordinariness
I loved this book. It is detail and description based rather than plot based, and that is why it is so beautiful. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Suzanne Swanson

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful
I agree with the person who mentioned that this is not the book to purchase if you are looking for action or adventure, but if you are looking for beauty and personality then this... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Craig Bowers

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Story by the Great Willa Cather
This book is like a wonderful trip back in time with endearing characters and the backdrop of old Quebec as it's setting. Read more
Published on June 16, 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully evocative
I have never been to Quebec city, but I feel like have because of this book. Reading the book I felt like I lived there. Read more
Published on December 20, 2000 by Colin McLarty

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully evocative
I have never been to Quebec city, but I feel like have because of this book. Reading the book I felt like I lived there. Read more
Published on December 20, 2000 by Colin McLarty

4.0 out of 5 stars Epic story of life in cold Canada
If you like to read about the past... before microwaves, blow dryers, cable TV, etc. and want to feel "REAL" life... this book is for you. Read more
Published on November 27, 2000

2.0 out of 5 stars What a Boring Book
Shadows on the Rock was a really really boring book! It didnt focus on any one subject and kinda just drifted from story to story. Read more
Published on March 26, 2000 by Kathy

1.0 out of 5 stars I DID NOT LIKE THIS BOOK!!!!
This book is extremely boring. I really did not like it at all. It has no action, suspense or even romance. I do not recommend this book to anyone.
Published on October 18, 1998

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