Sorely wounded and fatally disillusioned in the fighting at Petersburg, a Confederate soldier named Inman decides to walk back to his home in the Blue Ridge mountains to Ada, the woman he loves. His trek across the disintegrating South brings him into intimate and sometimes lethal converse with slav...
The book has progressed and Inman has just been through being caught by military force that has been looking for him. He and Veasey are marched across the country back along where they had already ventured. Finally after a long time of walking, the gaurds decided to shoot the men. The men were shot ...
This has ambitions to be an American Odyssey, telling the tale of a Confederate soldier, Inman, who travels to return to his love Ada at Cold Mountain. I admit there's just about no literary affectation I hate more than the fashion a la Cormac McCarthy to omit quotation marks. Frazier, when he marks...
Had to read this book (and watch the movie) for an course on North Carolina History. Just glad that I finally finished it because it was long and dull and I just don't care.
This is my first foray into the Civil War and I am so glad I chose this book for a start. Initially the story is told from the perspective of two lovers torn apart by the war; Inman and Ada. All along it is unclear if these two will ever be reconciled - but we do know that they will never be the sam...
This is by far one of my most favorite books of all time. It's heartbreaking in many ways, and yet uplifting. There is a deep truth hidden in these pages that never ceases to amaze me. It captures the inner thoughts of solitude in such an authentic and resonating way and I am amazed that I can read ...
This book was boring and poorly written. The characters are dull and have no real dimension. The character of Inman is absolutely unbearable and is not a character you are left feeling anything for at any point in the book. Quite frankly I was wishing for the character's death throughout so I wouldn...
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