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All the Pretty Horses
por McCARTHY, Cormac
- Usado
- Bom
- first
- Condição
- Bom
- Livreiro
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof, second (and seemingly scarcest) state (of three issued) with "The" printed in the subtitle. Fine in printed wrappers. The book which propelled the literary author to the top of the bestseller list, winner of both the National Book Award and The Book Critics' Circle Award. Basis for the Billy Bob Thornton film with Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz.
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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Avaliações
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
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Estoque do vendedor nº
- 430978
- Título
- All the Pretty Horses
- Autor
- McCARTHY, Cormac
- Formato/Encadernação
- Softcover
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Bom
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Editorial
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 1992
- Palavras-chave
- UncorrectedProof, SouthernAuthor/Interest, AmerLit20thCent
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