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All the Pretty Horses
de McCarthy, Cormac
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Collectible - Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0394574745
- ISBN 13
- 9780394574745
- Librería
-
Frederick, Maryland, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Alfred A. Knopf. Collectible - Like New. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First edition. Volume 1. 8vo Hardcover. 302pp. Fine book and dust jacket. Binding tight and unread. In protective mylar cover. In polypropylene bag. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his signature on his personalized bookplate on front pastedown. (historical fiction, western fiction, western stories, mexico, prisoners ) Inquire if you need further information.
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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El Feb 15 2021, un lector dijo:
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.
El May 18 2011, For2itous dijo:
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.
El Jul 7 2007, Fict dijo:
A great book, but not McCarthy's best, by a long shot.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Wonder Book
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- CA12B-0125
- Título
- All the Pretty Horses
- Autor
- McCarthy, Cormac
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0394574745
- ISBN 13
- 9780394574745
- Editorial
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 1992-04-21
Términos de venta
Wonder Book
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Sobre el vendedor
Wonder Book
Miembro de Biblio desde 2003
Frederick, Maryland
Sobre Wonder Book
With 3 stores less than 1 hour outside the DC/Metropolitan area (1 in Gaithersburg, 1 in Frederick and 1 in Hagerstown, MD), we have the largest selection of books in the tri-state area. Wonder Book and Video has been in business since 1980 and online since 1997. We have over 1 Million books for sale on our website and another 1 Million books for sale in our 3 locations. We have a very active online inventory and as such, we can receive multiple orders for the same item. We fill those orders on a first come first serve basis, but will refund promptly any items that are out of stock. Since 1980 it has always been about the books. ALL kinds of books from 95 cent children\'s paperbacks to five figure rare and collectibles. A merging of the old and new is where we started, and it is where we are today. Our retail stores have always been places where a reader can rush in looking for a title needed for a term paper that is due the next day, or where bibliophiles can get lost \"in the stacks\" for as long as they wish. In 2002 USAToday recognized us as \"1 of 10 Great Old Bookstores\", and we have been featured in numerous other newspaper and TV stories including Washington Post and CSpan.
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- Bookplate
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- First Edition
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