Cold Mountain
enlarge	Author: Charles Frazier Publisher: Sceptre Category: Book List Price: ~~£6.99~~ Buy New: £5.59 You Save: £1.40 (20%) Avg. Customer Rating: 58 reviews Sales Rank: 35424 Media: Paperback Edition: Film Tie-in Ed Pages: 448 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5 Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.3 x 1.2 ISBN: 0340824727 Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780340824726 ASIN: 0340824727 Publication Date: December 8, 2003 Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours

Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Charles Frazier's debut novel, Cold Mountain, is the story of a very long walk. In the waning months of the Civil War, a wounded Confederate veteran named Inman gets up from his hospital bed and begins the long journey back to his home in the remote hills of North Carolina. Along the way he meets rogues and outlaws, Good Samaritans and vigilantes, people who help and others who hinder, but through it all Inman's aim is true: his one goal is to return to Cold Mountain and to Ada, the woman he left behind. The object of his affection, meanwhile, has problems of her own. Raised in the rarified air of Charleston society, Ada was brought to the backwoods of Cold Mountain by her father, a preacher who came to the country for his health. Even after her father's death, Ada remains there, partly to wait for Inman, but partly because she senses her destiny lies not in the city but in the North Carolina Blue Ridge. Cold Mountain is the story of two parallel journeys: Inman's physical trek across the American landscape and Ada's internal odyssey toward an understanding of herself. What makes Frazier's novel so satisfying is the depth of detail surrounding both journeys. Frazier based this story on family history, and in the characters of Inman and Ada he has paid a rich compliment to their historical counterparts. Cold Mountain is, quite simply, a wonderful book.

Customer Reviews: Read 53 more reviews... Very good June 26, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Having studied this as an A-level text I have grown to love it, though when I began reading it I could not understand what all the hype was about, by the end I thought it was a fantastic novel; the beauty of some of the scenarios is absolutely cinematic. I am currently buying my own copy of it as my Lit teacher is demanding my copy back (very late!). A very good book. this is literature? April 16, 2008 i am currently studying this novel for english literature and am finding it to be one of the most tedious and pointless books i have ever encountered. frazier spent 10 years of his life perfecting this novel and it is obvious that it has been edited again and again to the extent that the story no longer flows, making it a very monotonous read. the characters are dull and the description dreary and predictable. however, if you have trouble sleeping this book is garenteed to help. Beautifully written January 22, 2008 1 out of 2 found this review helpful I've read this book twice, back when it was first published in paperback and again in recent months. Time has not faded my total enjoyment of this book, or the way the characters draw you into their world. When I first read the book I was enthralled. Part of me was wary of re-reading the book in case those old memories were shattered. I'm glad I did, as I was drawn into the story in much the same way and lost in a world of civil war and hard lonely farming. Cold Mountain is a beautiful and easy read which should appeal to any age of reader. One piece of advice, please read the book before watching the film - although a good film, the book is far more descriptive than anything the movie could manage to include. Beautifully written December 12, 2007 0 out of 2 found this review helpful No doubt this book won many an acclaim from those who watched the film starring Nicole Kidman and Jude Law amongst others. Its is however a very beautiful read. The emotion, colour and intensity of the story just show how amazing the authors imagination is and how true love can be portrayed so closely to the real thing. An excellent book that i'd highly recommend Beautiful story November 8, 2007 4 out of 4 found this review helpful A beautiful story of heartbreak and broken times, COLD MOUNTAIN is by far the best Civil War story to come out of the U.S. While I love Gone With the Wind, it can't hold a candle to "Mountain." What is so galling about the story and the characters are not the the north's treatment of the south during this era, but rather the treatment of Southerners against Southerners. I was reminded more than once of The Color Purple and the same one-on-one treatment. I would highly recommend this chilling tale of survival, along with the novel Bark of the Dogwood---funny and knowing like Pychon or Sedaris, yet set in the modern-day South.

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