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The Crossing
de McCarthy, Cormac
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- An as new / mint hardcover copy in same DJ. No remainder mark.
- ISBN 10
- 0394574753
- ISBN 13
- 9780394574752
- Librería
-
Oakland, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: A.A. Knopf, 2009. 1st edition, tenth printing. Hardcover. An as new / mint hardcover copy in same DJ. No remainder mark.. Octavo in glossy illustrated DJ, 425 p. ; 22 cm. A lovely, gift-quality copy of this heart-rending novel. One of McCarthy's best. The second book of his Border Trilogy. "In the 1930s, two teenage brothers whose ranch in New Mexico was raided by bandits, cross into Mexico to search for stolen horses. The novel follows them through the revolution-torn countryside, meeting soldiers, peasants, priests and thieves, all proffering advice." -- Publisher. // Human-animal relationships -- Fiction. Wilderness areas -- Fiction. Wolves -- Fiction. Boys -- Fiction. Bildungsromans. Historical fiction. Bildungsromans. Authors' inscriptions (Provenance) -- United States -- 21st century. Hidalgo County (N.M.) -- Fiction. New Mexico -- Fiction.
Sinopsis
The Crossing is the seventh novel by author Cormac McCarthy, and the second in The Border Trilogy, after All The Pretty Horses . The Crossing , takes place before and during the Second World War and focuses on teenage cowboy Billy Parham and his family, following Parham on a journey to return a she-wolf to her home in the northern Mexican mountains. The novel is noted as more melancholic than All the Pretty Horses , although not as dark as McCarthy's previous work.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 19688
- Título
- The Crossing
- Autor
- McCarthy, Cormac
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st edition, tenth printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394574753
- ISBN 13
- 9780394574752
- Editorial
- A.A. Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2009
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Western Americana, Southwest US;
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Bibliope by Calvello Books
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Oakland, California
Sobre Bibliope by Calvello Books
Over thirty-five years experience in the used, out-of-print and rare book trades. Selling online since 1997. WWW.BIBLIOPE.COM (formerly Calvello Books)
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