All The Pretty Horses
de Cormac McCarthy
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Very Good+
- Librería
-
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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The UK publisher's proof of Volume 1 of The Border Trilogy is ridiculously hard to find. Seriously, you can search and search for a copy. At the time maybe nobody realised what a huge breakout novel it would be for Cormac McCarthy.
The cover has shelfwear and is a bit faded and toned, especially the spine (normal for this proof). It's clean internally but the page edges have collected some dust. It is now protected with a clear, archival wraparound.
This copy is the best I've found and yet I can only rate it as VG+.
Sinopsis
Cormac McCarthy is an American novelist and playwright. He has also written plays and screenplays. This novel, All The Pretty Horses , won the National Book Award in 1992. The story reads like a Western novel, but is set in 1949 and revolves around the life of a 16-year old Texan named John Grady Cole. After his parent’s marriage ends, he finds himself at the end of a long line of ranchers, without a family ranch to work. So he sets out for Mexico on horseback with two companions. By turns both comic and tragic, the elaborate character development and McCarthy’s superb descriptive style make this book a rare treat. All the Pretty Horses is the first volume in the Border Trilogy . The other two volumes are The Crossing and Cities of the Plain .
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I love this book. The story is gripping and evokes all kinds of emotions. The chacters are so well developed you feel like you know them personally. Descriptions of the land they travel through bring to mind the dry and breathless heat of the desert. The action scenes come to life before your mind's eye. It is superb.
McCarthy does have a vivid descriptive style but the plot is predictable. Where did he get the title? Got so tired of the characters lighting up a cigaret.Don't quite understand why it got the National Book Award.
A great book, but not McCarthy's best, by a long shot.
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Detalles
- Librería
- BooksCurious (AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 237
- Título
- All The Pretty Horses
- Autor
- Cormac McCarthy
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Paperbound proof
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Proof
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Editorial
- Picador
- Lugar de publicación
- London, UK
- Fecha de publicación
- 1993
- Páginas
- 302
- Tamaño
- Octavo
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Proof; pulitzer
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Cormac McCarthy;
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