
All the Pretty Horses
The Border Trilogy 1
Cormac McCarthy(Author)
Picador (Publisher)
Published on 4. August 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-0350-0375-4 (ISBN)
Description
A coming-of-age western set on the US-Mexico Border, All the Pretty Horses is the first instalment of Cormac McCarthy's acclaimed Border Trilogy.
'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' - Stephen King, author of the Dark Tower series
'One of the greatest American novels of this or any time' - Guardian
1949. At sixteen years-old, John Grady Cole is the last bewildered survivor of long generations of Texas ranchers. Finding himself cut off from the only life he has ever wanted, he sets out for Mexico with his friend Lacey Rawlins. Befriending a third boy on the way, they find a country beyond their imagining: barren and beautiful, rugged yet cruelly civilized; a place where dreams are paid for in blood.
A classic of American literature and a grand love story, Cormac McCarthy's novel is about the passing of childhood, of innocence and a vanished American age.
Adapted into a film starring Matt Damon and Penelope Cruz.
All the Pretty Horses is followed in the Border Trilogy by The Crossing and Cities of the Plain.
Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' - Stephen King, author of the Dark Tower series
'One of the greatest American novels of this or any time' - Guardian
1949. At sixteen years-old, John Grady Cole is the last bewildered survivor of long generations of Texas ranchers. Finding himself cut off from the only life he has ever wanted, he sets out for Mexico with his friend Lacey Rawlins. Befriending a third boy on the way, they find a country beyond their imagining: barren and beautiful, rugged yet cruelly civilized; a place where dreams are paid for in blood.
A classic of American literature and a grand love story, Cormac McCarthy's novel is about the passing of childhood, of innocence and a vanished American age.
Adapted into a film starring Matt Damon and Penelope Cruz.
All the Pretty Horses is followed in the Border Trilogy by The Crossing and Cities of the Plain.
Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
Reviews / Votes
A darkly shining work . . . executed with consummate skill and much subtlety - the effect is magnificent -- John Banville, author of <i>The Sea</i> * Observer * An exhilarating, exceptional novel * Spectator * All the Pretty Horses is indisputably a masterpiece. * Financial Times * One of the greatest American novels of this or any time * Guardian * [A] totalizing reality, where meditation and resistance are two components of one reality, a destiny of wandering the borderlands of the U.S. and Mexico in the postwar twentieth century -- Rachel Kushner, author of <i>The Mars Room</i> His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power -- Stephen King, author of the Dark Tower seriesMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
234 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0350-0375-4 (9781035003754)
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Cormac McCarthy
All the Pretty Horses
a classic American Western from the author of No Country for Old Men
E-Book
12/2010
Picador
€15.99
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Cormac McCarthy was the author of many acclaimed novels, including Blood Meridian, Child of God and The Passenger. Among his honours are the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His works adapted to film include All the Pretty Horses, The Road and No Country for Old Men - the latter film receiving four Academy Awards, including the award for Best Picture. McCarthy died in 2023 in Santa Fe, NM at the age of 89.