Cold Mountain | Cross-Racial Bonding and Unity Beyond Race
In the following essay, Piacentino comments on “cross-racial bonding,” unity beyond race, and a sense of home in Frazier’s novel.
Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain, a book about Civil War Appalachia and the writer’s first novel, has enjoyed a phenomenal popular and critical success since its publication in 1997. A best seller, Cold Mountain won the National Book Award, the Book Critics’ Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction; in addition, a film version of the novel, directed by Anthony Minghella, is under production.
Its merits widely acclaimed by contemporary reviewers, Cold Mountain has been perceived in many contexts. While James Polk has called it an “American...
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