
Press Reviews
Maureen Freely
ObserverWilla Cather could not have hoped for a more passionately sensible and insightful interpreter . . . Hermione Lee's enthusiasm for this misunderstood writer is contagious and her book is that rare thing, a scholarly study that reads well
Hilary Mantel
The biographer's enthusiasm for her subject illuminates every page
Nicci Gerrard
New StatesmanA sympathetic and illuminating study
- Observer
An affectionate, meticulous study, at once intimate and impersonal
- Literary Review
The biographer's enthusiasm for her subject illuminates every page. Despite her special place in American letters Willa Cather has never been much read or studied in England, and Hermione Lee . . . must be congratulated for bringing us to her measured, humane, unflinching voice
- Maureen Freely, Observer
Willa Cather could not have hoped for a more passionately sensible and insightful interpreter . . . Hermione Lee's enthusiasm for this misunderstood writer is contagious and her book is that rare thing, a scholarly study that reads well
- Hilary Mantel
'The biographer's enthusiasm for her subject illuminates every page
- Nicci Gerrard, New Statesman
A sympathetic and illuminating study
- OBSERVER
An affectionate, meticulous study, at once intimate and impersonal