Nathan Coulter by Berry (2-Aug-2008) Paperback

by Berry

Genres: Fiction

Paperback

Reviews

[Kaylin Verbrugge · Rating 5 out of 5]

“He had owned his land and worked on it and taken his pride from it for so long that we knew him, and he knew himself, in the same way that we knew the spring. His life couldn’t be divided from the days he spent at work in the fields” (117)

[Daniel Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wendell Berry is my all-time favorite author. This is at least my third reading of this novel, but I always love re-visiting Berry’s Port William community in my imagination. His books touch on all the emotions of life.

[Andrew Joseph · Rating 4 out of 5]

Crazy work w the crow why would you do that.

[Guy Able · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having enjoyed Hannah Coulter very much, it was interesting to step back in time and read Berry’s earliest work in the Port William narrative, from Nathan Coulter’s perspective. A simple read about hard farm living.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am thankful I read Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry before Nathan Coulter or I probably wouldn’t have read the first. Although the writing brilliant, the descriptions, the dialogue, and the believable characters, I was sick to my stomach because of the cruelty of animals throughout the story.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

My second visit with Port William, Kentucky. Wendell Berry's work is a gift that keeps on giving. An antidote for the disease of consumerism.

[Carla McLaughlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 rounded down to 4 for Goodreads. This was a beautifully written story exploring life and growing up through the eyes of a child. I throughly enjoyed it!

[Dianne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Officially Berry's first book of fiction, and the beginning of the long Port Williams series, it's my understanding that Berry heavily edited and shortened the book with this 2008 version.