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Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
Type
Paperback
ISBN
9780679728757

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679728759
ISBN-13
9780679728757
eBay Product ID (ePID)
293499

Product Key Features

Book Title
Blood Meridian : or the Evening Redness in the West
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1992
Topic
Literary, Westerns, Historical
Genre
Fiction
Author
Cormac McCarthy
Book Series
Vintage International Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
9.4 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
91-050742
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"McCarthy is a writer to be read, to be admired, and quite honestly-envied." -Ralph Ellison "McCarthy is a born narrator, and his writing has, line by line, the stab of actuality. He is here to stay." -Robert Penn Warren From the Hardcover edition., "McCarthy is a writer to be read, to be admired, and quite honestly-envied." -Ralph Ellison "McCarthy is a born narrator, and his writing has, line by line, the stab of actuality. He is here to stay." -Robert Penn Warren
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION * From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Road: a n epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. One of The Atlantic 's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, Blood Meridian traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving., An epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, Blood Meridian brilliantly subverts the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the "wild west." Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, it traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving. Publisher's Note: The 25th Anniversary Edition has been reset, causing the text to reflow. Page references based on earlier editions will no longer apply, so Vintage Books has compiled the following chart as a conversion aid. Download the chart by copying and pasting the following link into your browser: http: //knopfdoubleday.com/marketing/BloodMeridianPageReference.pdf, 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - F rom the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Road: a n epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. One of The Atlantic 's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, Blood Meridian traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving.
LC Classification Number
PS3563.C337B4 1992

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    • by bekaboo07
      26 May, 2016Top favourable review

      A harrowing Western with brains and wit

      McCarthy is brilliant and it shows. This novel is vivid and brutal.I would also venture to say this book is not for everyone. McCarthy's style is a bit difficult; he often omits commas, uses long (long) sentences and fragments, does not always capitalize proper nouns, which can cause confusion on a sentence-by-sentence basis (this does not affect my understanding of the events taking place in the chapter/novel). Some sections, usually descriptions of gore or scenery, just read easily and beautifully, but then you are hit with an outlandish word that you'll later find is old cowboy jargon, the scientific name of that plant, animal or geography, or a Spanish word (none of the Spanish is translated). All this aside, it is still completely comprehensible and can be deeply philosophical, if you ...

      Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: goodwillofsouthernnevada

    • by maryelizabeth209
      05 Apr, 2022Top critical review

      Cruelty Narrated with Appalling Casualness

      So disappointed as this is touted as Cormac McCarthy's best book. I've read and viewed "The Road" - Liked; viewed "No Country..." and had looked forward to reading the book. I enjoy Elmore Leonard's Westerns, but "Blood Meridian" is too rough for me. I'm half-way through and still can't get into it. Not enjoyable, and the outright cruelty depicted is truly appalling.

      Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: MH53mMdsRie@Deleted

    • by jeaniesprunt
      08 Mar, 2018

      Diabolical

      The story revolves loosely around a runaway kid who falls in with a low-life militia bent on killing. The story highlights some of the worst and most graphic incidents in the decimation of Apache and plains Indians. It is violent and bloody; it tells the story of a depraved gang of bounty hunters who murder and scalp their way from Mexico to California. If you don't want to be disgusted, don't read this book. On the other hand, the writing is at once erudite and arcane and has a certain appeal to English language dilettantes who favor an esoteric form of vocabulary and expression. You will meet a couple of well developed and extremely diabolical characters, "Glanton" and "Judge Holden." The judge is a complex man of parts and one of the few surviving gang members.

      Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thrift.books

    • by abajeeba-6
      25 Sep, 2019

      The greatest novel from a great author in his prime

      Straight up masterpiece from a great author in his prime. This particular print, the 92 Vintage, is also beyond stellar. Dark blocky text that fits perfectly for Blood Meridian’s almost biblical vibe

      Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: raeugle_0

    • by regi-nald
      01 Feb, 2017

      Beautifully written horror.

      Reading this book is like slowing down to stare at a terrible auto accident. It's one inhuman, frightening, bloody event after another, featuring monstrous, despicable characters, and all described with mesmerizing and flowing prose. Does Cormac McCarthy really view life and people like this? And why can't I stop reading through one shock after another? Spoiler alert: your opinion of the human race will not be improved by reading this book.

      Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: thehoneyroastedpeanut

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