One of the minor characters in this novel is Amedee Chevalier, who dreams of a large family but has a seizure after the birth of his first child.
One of the minor characters in this novel is Amedee Chevalier, who dreams of a large family but has a seizure after the birth of his first child. Another character, Crazy Ivar, has a gift for working with animals but refuses to wear shoes. The novel opens with painfully obvious foreshadowing, when one character loses his cat on a telephone pole while his future love interest is admired by boys; the cat is rescued when the main character calls Carl Linstrum, who later becomes a love interest. The climax of the novel comes when Frank Shabata shoots his wife Marie and her lover Emil. For 10 points, identify this novel about Alexandra Bergson and life on the Nebraska prairie, a work by Willa Cather.
One of the minor characters in this novel is Amedee Chevalier, who dreams of a large family but has a seizure after the birth of his first child.
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