first edition first print hardcover in dust jacket; no prior owner marks; tight bind; clean 1/4 cloth cover bright gilt titling; little fade at spine heel; dj has little edge wear but no tears; flap price clipped; thin prior damp bleed to dj verso at spine heel feambibfindup

Sinopse

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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Em Feb 15 2021, um leitor disse:

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.

Em May 18 2011, For2itous disse:

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.

Em Jul 7 2007, Fict disse:

A great book, but not McCarthy's best, by a long shot.

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Detalhes

Livreiro: DrPanglossBooks (US)
Nº do estoque do livreiro: 919149
Título: All the Pretty Horses
Autor: Cormac McCarthy
Formato/Encadernação: Capa dura
Estado do livro: Usado - Very Good-
Condição de sobrecapa: Very Good-
Quantidade Disponível: 1
Edição: first edition
ISBN 10: 0394574745
ISBN 13: 9780394574745
Editorial: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Local de publicação: New York
Data de publicação: 1992-04-21

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