I have read quite a few of Willa Cather's work over the past year, nine book altogether, with another soon, and she has become one of my favorite authors, one I believe is sadly overlooked in the history of American literature.
The Troll Garden was her first published book, a collection of short stories. And you can see a young author, not yet sure of her themes and her voice, but picking up on it quickly.
Some of the stories were in fact not too great. But a few were quite good. I must admit that I enjoy her longer fiction better than her stories, but it is interesting to see an author start to develop, and in The Troll Garden you can detect that full force.
I am looking forward to reading more of Cather in the future. She is a great writer, and I enjoy her themes, her style and her voice. It is distinctive and came at a time when not many American women were able to have that unique a voice in society.
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