STRING TOO SHORT TO BE SAVED Recollections of Summers on a New England Farm
STRING TOO SHORT TO BE SAVED Recollections of Summers on a New England Farm by Donald Hall is a collection of stories that reflect the author’s deep affection for the land and people of New England. Published by Nonpareil Books in 1979, this first edition spans 143 pages and is presented in English. The narratives center around Hall’s experiences on a small farm during his childhood summers spent with his grandparents, capturing the passage of time as he witnesses their aging and the gradual decline of the farm.
Readers will find a blend of nostalgia and reflection in Hall’s measured prose, which conveys the bittersweet nature of growing up and the inevitable changes that accompany it. The stories explore themes of childhood, family, and the cultural shifts in rural America. This edition includes an Epilogue where Hall revisits the farm twenty-five years later, along with an album of family snapshots, enriching the narrative with personal insights and visual context.
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This is a collection of stories diverse in subject, but sutured together by the limitless affection the author holds for the land and the people of New England. Donald Hall tells about life on a small farm where, as a boy, he spent summers with his grandparents. Gradually the boy grows to be a young man, sees his grandparents aging, the farm become marginal, and finally, the cows sold and the barn abandoned. But these are more than nostalgic memories, for in the measured and tender prose of each episode are signs of the end of things a childhood, perhaps a culture. In an Epilogue written for this edition, Donald Hall describes his return to the farm twenty-five years later, to live the rest of his life in the house of string.
We take pleasure in bringing back into print this classic account of boyhood summers in old New England, with the addition of an Epilogue and an album of family snapshots.
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