All the Pretty Horses (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Cormac McCarthy
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, 1940’s, Antiheroes, West, U.S., Lynching, Mexico or Mexicans, Westerns, Lightning, Boys, Texas, Horses
- Locales: Mexico, Texas
This novel, the first of Cormac McCarthy's The Border Trilogy, is likely also his most famous novel, in large measure as a result of the 2000 film version directed by Billy Bob Thornton and starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz. There is no way, however, that the medium of film can capture the rich linguistic texture of the novel that is a hallmark of McCarthy's writing.
The opening scenes of the novel, set in the late 1940's, show the sixteen-year-old protagonist, John Grady Cole, at his grandfather's funeral. The grandfather's death precipitates the sale of the San...
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