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Cold Mountain is a 1997 historical novel by Charles Frazier which won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. [1] It tells the story of W. P. Inman, a wounded deserter from the Confederate army near the end of the American Civil War who walks for months to return to Ada Monroe, the love of his life; the story shares several similarities with ...
Cold Mountain won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1997. In 2003, it was adapted into an Oscar-winning film directed by Anthony Minghella. Explore the full book summary, an in-depth character analysis of Inman, and explanations of important quotes from Cold Mountain.
Jan 1, 1997 · Based on 6 reviews. Rave. Positive. Mixed. Pan. What The Reviewers Say. Rave James Polk, The New York Times Book Review. For a first novelist, in fact for any novelist, Charles Frazier has taken on a daunting task — and has done extraordinarily well by it.
The New York Times Book Review "A page-turner that attains the status of literature—Natural-born storytellers come along only rarely. Charles Frazier joins the ranks of that elite cadre on the first page of his astonishing debut."—. Newsweek "A rare and extraordinary book—Heart-stopping—Spellbinding."—.
Charles Frazier | 4.08 | 220,198 ratings and reviews. Recommended by Bryan Callen, and 1 others. See all reviews. Ranked #10 in Civil War, Ranked #25 in Homeopathy — see more rankings. Cold Mountain is a novel about a soldier’s perilous journey back to his beloved near the Civil War's end.
The Guardian. Cold Mountain, which takes its title from a peak in the Great Balsam Mountains of Northern Carolina, certainly carries its author's knowledge of a particular area. But natural description is there to follow the two main characters' eyes and minds ...
Dec 1, 2007 · A wounded Confederate soldier treks across the ruins of America in this National Book Award–winning novel: “A stirring Civil War tale told with epic sweep.” —People Sorely wounded and fatally...
