num_pages: 356
description: Cold Mountain is a novel about a soldier’s perilous journey back to his beloved near the Civil War's end. At once a love story &amp; a harrowing account of one man’s long walk home, Cold Mountain introduces a new talent in American literature.Based on local history &amp; family stories passed down by Frazier’s great-great-grandfather, Cold Mountain is the tale of a wounded Confederate soldier, Inman, who walks away from the ravages of the war &amp; back home to his prewar sweetheart, Ada. His odyssey thru the devastated landscape of the soon-to-be-defeated South interweaves with Ada’s struggle to revive her father’s farm, with the help of an intrepid young drifter named Ruby. As their long-separated lives begin to converge at the close of the war, Inman &amp; Ada confront the vastly transformed world they’ve been delivered.Frazier reveals insight into human relations with the land &amp; the dangers of solitude. He also shares with the great 19th century novelists a keen observation of a society undergoing change. Cold Mountain recreates a world gone by that speaks to our time.
language: English
title: Cold Mountain
titlecomplete: Cold Mountain
characters: William "W. P." Inman, Ruby Thewes, Ada Monroe
genres: Civil War, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, War, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 239816
places: Virginia, The United States of America, North Carolina
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: American Booksellers Book Of The Year  Award
category: Adult Trade, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Exclusive Books Boeke Prize, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Weatherford Award, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Lillian Smith Book Award, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award
publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press