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! Read * Cities of the Plain: Border Trilogy (3) by Cormac McCarthy Ù eBook or Kindle ePUB. Cities of the Plain: Border Trilogy (3) It is a life that is about to change forever, and John Grady and Billy both know it. In this magnificent new novel, the National Book Award-winning author of All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing fashions a darkly beautiful elegy for the American frontier. The setting is New Mexico in 1952, where John Grady Cole and Billy Parham are working as ranch hands. To the North lie the proving grounds of Alamogordo; to the South, the twin cities of El Paso and Juarez, Mexico. Th
| Title | : | Cities of the Plain: Border Trilogy (3) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.68 (614 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0679747192 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 292 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-04 |
| Language | : | English |
The awkward doomed-romance plot at the center of this tight, concise novel fails to convince, but, remarkably, does little to undercut the book's impact. John Grady remains the magnificent horseman he always was, and he still dreams too much. Among them is John Grady Cole, the adolescent hero of the first book in Cormac McCarthy's Border trilogy, All the Pretty Horses. All of these men nurse losses both personal (siblings or wives) and collective (a shared lifestyle and philosophy). --Glen Hirshberg. The two form a friendship that will nurture both but save neither from the destiny that McCarthy's characters always sense lurching to meet them. On a ranch in southeastern Texas, soon after World War II, a group of solitary, inarticulately lonely men gathers to work animals as the sun sets for good on the mythic American West. What lingers here, and what matters, are the br
It is a life that is about to change forever, and John Grady and Billy both know it. In this magnificent new novel, the National Book Award-winning author of All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing fashions a darkly beautiful elegy for the American frontier. The setting is New Mexico in 1952, where John Grady Cole and Billy Parham are working as ranch hands. To the North lie the proving grounds of Alamogordo; to the South, the twin cities of El Paso and Juarez, Mexico. Their life is made up of trail drives and horse auctions and stories told by campfire light. The catalyst for that change appears in the form of a beautiful, ill-starred Mexican prostitute. When John Grady falls in love, Billy agrees--against his better judgment--to help him rescue the girl from her suavely brutal pimp. The ensuing events resonate with the violence and inevitability of classic tragedy. Hauntingly beautiful, filled with
A gorgeous ending to a timeless story I usually read every night to my wife. We've gone through dozens of books together in our marriage, and several months ago, I read "All the Pretty Horses" to her. She loved it, and would not let me read her anything else until we had read McCarthy's entire trilogy. We just finished it.This book, the third in that trilogy, has its shortcomings, but it is still one amazing piece of work.In this book, John Grady Cole--the genius horsetrainer of "All the Pretty Horses"--and Billy Parham--the kindhearted nomad of "The Crossing"--come together as ranch hands on a New Mexico estancia. Both are older than the. "Great characters, and superb language usage" according to Gerald Beckman. Great characters, and superb language usage. His use of detail to paint a compelling picture is phenomenal. It's worth reading just for those reasons. The setting, that is, the description of the land and its pathos, is right on the money. I know that from my own experience being raised on a farm/ranch in West Texas in the 19Great characters, and superb language usage Gerald Beckman Great characters, and superb language usage. His use of detail to paint a compelling picture is phenomenal. It's worth reading just for those reasons. The setting, that is, the description of the land and its pathos, is right on the money. I know that from my own experience being raised on a farm/ranch in West Texas in the 1940's when there were still remnants of the times he depicted in the novel. I got in on the tail end of those times, or close enough to them to recognize the veracity of the portrayal. The only reason I don't give it a five is, the endless and pointless conversation between the pro. 0's when there were still remnants of the times he depicted in the novel. I got in on the tail end of those times, or close enough to them to recognize the veracity of the portrayal. The only reason I don't give it a five is, the endless and pointless conversation between the pro. CR said Loved this. Mr McCarthy writes so beautifully. Loved this. Mr McCarthy writes so beautifully; he creates memorable characters and storylines that are totally engaging, and his descriptions of nature are breathtaking.I wasn't troubled at all by the use of Spanish in the book; in many cases the meaning can be inferred by the context within the story, and for those other times, I simply had a translating website open, and got the meaning there. But I found it no inconvenience at all, because I loved the story and characters so.I thought 'All the Pretty Horses' was a slightly better book, but I will say the emotional impact of the denouement of this w
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