Robert M. (shotokanchef) reviewed on 3/24/2013 + 813 more book reviews

An acquaintance recently asked me, "What are you reading today?" "Cold Mountain." (I had just started it.) So now he tells me, "I saw the movie. In the end ......" Well, find out for yourself. Anyway, this is an odyssey: a Civil War Ulysses who, after taking French leave from a convalescent hospital, begins his long trek home to the mountains of North Carolina. This is very well written (for a Pulitzer novel) as the narrative swings back and forth between his trek and the sweetheart left behind on Cold Mountain. It is well worth the read to examine yet another aspect of the Civil War.

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