"A rare and extraordinary book . spellbinding."-- San Francisco Chronicle "A page turner that attains the status of literature."-- Newsweek "Finely drawn, full of dark beauty and presentiment."-- New Yorker "An astonishing first novel."-- New York Review of Books Charles Frazier\'s debut novel Cold Mountain made publishing history in 1997 when it stood at the top of the New York Times best-seller list for sixty-. . . heart-stopping . . . "A rare and extraordinary book