Charles Frazier's novel, Cold Mountain, is roughly (or perhaps exactly) divided into twenty sections. There are no chapter numbers or parts, but each section has a phrase as a title. In this blog I'll comment on each section individually, but I also reserve the right to digress.
There is an actual Cold Mountain in western North Carolina. There is also a 9th century Chinese poet whose name, Hanshan, translates as "Cold Mountain." That Frazier is aware of this is indicated by one of the quotes following the title page. The other quote is from Charles Darwin's journal.
DISCLAIMER: This blog is not a plot summary or a simple variation on SparksNotes. It is a personal reading of the novel as I read it. How long it will take or what I'll say is anybody's guess (including mine).
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