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A Beloved, Seemingly Unadaptable Book Has Been Transformed Into a Gorgeous Netflix Movie and Oscar Hopeful

An ordinary laborer's quiet life is rendered as vast and resonant through concentrated sensory imagery and deep attention to time, place, and class.

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Netflix's Adaptation of a Beloved Book Is Beautiful, Moving, and Missing Something

Grainier, an orphan sent to Idaho by train at the age of 6 or 7 with a destination pinned to his coat, is an ordinary person-a laborer who makes a living building railroads, joining seasonal logging crews, and, as an older man, hauling freight with a wagon. "He'd had one lover-his wife, Gladys-owned one acre of property, two horses, and a wagon,"

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A Beloved, Seemingly Unadaptable Book Has Been Transformed Into a Gorgeous Netflix Movie and Oscar Hopeful

Netflix's Adaptation of a Beloved Book Is Beautiful, Moving, and Missing Something

#early-20th-century-america
#early-20th-century-america