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A review by colin_cox
The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin
5.0
I only read "The Scavengers" and "The Land of Little Rain."
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Mary Austin's The Land of Little Rain is an extraordinary example of literary naturalism. Specifically, Austin antagonizes sentimental, regional writing about the West of the 19th and early 20th centuries. In doing so, Austin produces an affectionate, reverent, but tonally detached narrative that argues, "Desert is a loose term to indicate land that supports no man."
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Mary Austin's The Land of Little Rain is an extraordinary example of literary naturalism. Specifically, Austin antagonizes sentimental, regional writing about the West of the 19th and early 20th centuries. In doing so, Austin produces an affectionate, reverent, but tonally detached narrative that argues, "Desert is a loose term to indicate land that supports no man."