Nathan Coulter, Wendell Berry
Nathan Coulter, Wendell Berry
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Nathan Coulter

Author: Wendell Berry

Narrator: Wendell Berry

Unabridged: 4 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2009

Synopsis

This, the first title in the Port William series, introduces the rural section of Kentucky with which novelist Wendell Berry has had a lifelong fascination. When young Nathan loses his grandfather, Berry guides readers through the process of Nathan's grief, endearing the reader to the simple humanity through which Nathan views the world. Echoing Berry's own strongly held beliefs, Nathan tells us that his grandfather's life "couldn't be divided from the days he'd spent at work in his fields." Berry has long been compared to Faulkner for his ability to erect entire communities in his fiction, and his heart and soul have always lived in Port William, Kentucky. In this eloquent novel about duty, community, and a sweeping love of the land, Berry gives readers a classic book that takes them to that storied place.

About Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry, an essayist, novelist, and poet, has been honored with the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award in Modern American Poetry, the John Hay Award of the Orion Society, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, among others. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama, and in 2016, he was the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. Berry lives with his wife, Tanya Berry, on their farm in Henry County, Kentucky.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Angela M on May 17, 2022

Sometimes I just need a quiet place to go in a story without a lot of action or drama, characters who work hard and love their land, care about each other, told in beautiful prose . A Wendell Berry novel is the place for that. Don’t get me wrong, Port William is not an idyllic place. Life happens he......more

Goodreads review by Lawyer on December 04, 2014

Nathan Coulter: Wendell Berry's Creation of the Port William Community This novel was chosen as the Moderator's Choice by Laura Webber, "The Tall Woman", for On the Southern Literary Trail for December, 2014. 1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2a time to......more

Goodreads review by Christine on January 19, 2022

3.5 rounded to 3 stars I finally decided it was time to start this classic series by Wendell Berry--the stories of the citizens of Port William, KY. Their community, their land, their lives. I have seen review after review raving about these books and see that I have a lot to look forward to. I am gla......more

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