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I may have to check this one out. I loved this book, and I think you’ve captured it brilliantly here. Wow, Scribe. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. A young hired hand is warned against getting close to the beautiful, haughty daughter of his ranchowner employer, but her haunting beauty zzzzzzzzzz......... i boycotted this book for years because of the title... it sounded too girly, and i had no desire to read a book about horses, much less pretty ones. I didn't like the others as much as I enjoyed this one. Winner of the 1992 National Book Award, All the Pretty Horses is the first installment of Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy. I figured you and the older members of your family would be interested in this one, considering you guys are ranchers. Another friend said it's beautiful. And because of the continual flashes in remembrances I have to put this book into my top five of all time.
It’s so good on so many levels and I loved it on each one, but it was more than that too. There's a strong musicality to his writing, like the beat of a horse's hooves. Picador; New Edit/Cover Edition (1 Jan. 2010), Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 August 2019.
Politically-Incorrect Material, “Tyrants, authoritarians, and activists all hate the sound of laughter.” – Jason Pontin. A richly-imagined modern-day western full of adventure, romance, and vibrant characters, it served to reinforce my conviction that McCarthy is one of the greatest writers I have ever encountered in my wanderings through the pantheon of American literature. The wild prairie rhythms of McCarthy's language speaks volumes for his talent, and in what is perhaps the book's most spectacular feat, horses and men are joined in a philosophical union, ticking with a muscular pulse of sweat and blood. this was despite the fact that it had been first strongly recommended to me by an amazing high school english teacher who always had impeccable tastes in literature. Adventure, full-hearted love, revenge, the majestic wilderness, and of course horses: the western-movie staples are what moves this novel. Approved third parties also use these tools in connection with our display of ads. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. I find Cormac McCarthy's writing to be intimidating at the start of each novel but quickly find myself falling into its rhythm and cadence. All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1), Cormac McCarthy All the Pretty Horses is a novel by American author Cormac McCarthy published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1992.
A richly-imagined modern-day western full of adventure, romance, and vibrant characters, it served to reinforce my conviction that McCarthy is one of the greatest writers I have ever encountered in my wanderings through the pantheon of American literature. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. told in language as subtly beautiful as its desert setting. Two pages into the book I was so annoyed by McCarthy's random use of apostrophes and near-total lack of commas that I felt I had better stop reading to prevent an aneurysm. Thank you for stopping by, I appreciate your sharing your thoughts! 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.
This book was not easy to read at the start- there is no use of speech marks and being a lazy reader I have become accustomed to the writer indicating to me when individuals are speaking to one another, rather than just thinking to themselves. ", I find Cormac McCarthy's writing to be intimidating at the start of each novel but quickly find myself falling into its rhythm and cadence. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.
Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Start by marking “All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)” as Want to Read: Error rating book. A stunning novel and one which makes you gasp whether it is beauty or horror that McCarthy conveys. It’s that recognition you can have with a stranger that some part of you heretofore unrealized has known them all your life. The populous within the pages wander like herds or rally in a tense, motionless pack ready to pounce, while mere boys -more man than most- wander through them ready for love, ready for death. It’s wrecked me, a little. The prose is lyrical, the characters three dimensional. He does so with a wisdom and unflinching eye rarely found in literature. All the Pretty Horses recounts the story of young John Grady Cole, the last in a long line of Texas ranchers. Oh, and their horses. Now I don't read the Bible much at all but there is a cadence to Biblical passages that McCarthy conjures up when he describes the landscape and sequences of events. Thank you! . There’s some gunplay (most non-fatal) and a knife fight and that’s pretty much it. The author’s style means that effort is required, not least with his use of Spanish, and it took me quite a long time to read as there was no skimming possible of any word or sentence. He has written ten novels in the Southern Gothic, western, and post-apocalyptic genres and has also written plays and screenplays. © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Winner of the 1992 National Book Award, All the Pretty Horses is the first installment of Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy.
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