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Blood Meridian : Or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy (2001, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100679641041
ISBN-139780679641049
eBay Product ID (ePID)1849521
Product Key Features
Book TitleBlood Meridian : or the Evening Redness in the West
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterary, Westerns, Historical
Publication Year2001
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorCormac McCarthy
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight17.5 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN00-064576
Reviews"The fulfilled renown of Moby-Dick and of As I Lay Dying is augmented by Blood Meridian, since Cormac McCarthy is the worthy disciple both of Melville and Faulkner. I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable." --Harold Bloom, from his Introduction "McCarthy can only be compared with our greatest writers, with Melville and Faulkner, and this is his masterpiece." --Michael Herr "McCarthy employs a neo-Biblical rhetoric, a soaring, pulsing . . . always stirring diction without parallel in American writing today." --Alan Cheuse, USA Today "[ Blood Meridian ] reads like a connotation of The Inferno, The Iliad, and Moby-Dick . . . . An extraordinary, breathtaking achievement." --John Banville, The Independent (London) "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, "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 Edition21
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisThe "masterpiece" (Michael Herr) of the New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road, No Country for Old Men, The Passenger, and Stella Maris "Cormac McCarthy is the worthy disciple both of Melville and Faulkner. I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable."--Harold Bloom, from his Introduction "McCarthy is a writer to be read, to be admired, and quite honestly--envied."--Ralph Ellison One of The Atlantic 's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Widely considered one of the finest novels by a living writer, Blood Meridian is an epic tale of the violence and corruption that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the "Wild West." Its wounded hero, the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennessean, must confront the extraordinary brutality of the Glanton gang, a murderous cadre on an official mission to scalp Indians. Seeming to preside over this nightmarish world is the diabolical Judge Holden, one of the most unforgettable characters in American fiction. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, Blood Meridian represents a genius vision of the historical West, one whose stature has only grown in the years since its publication., "The fulfilled renown of Moby-Dick and of As I Lay Dying is augmented by Blood Meridian, since Cormac McCarthy is the worthy disciple both of Melville and Faulkner," writes esteemed literary scholar Harold Bloom in his Introduction to the Modern Library edition. "I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable." Cormac McCarthy's masterwork, Blood Meridian, chronicles the brutal world of the Texas-Mexico borderlands in the mid-nineteenth century. Its wounded hero, the teenage Kid, must confront the extraordinary violence of the Glanton gang, a murderous cadre on an official mission to scalp Indians and sell those scalps. Loosely based on fact, the novel represents a genius vision of the historical West, one so fiercely realized that since its initial publication in 1985 the canon of American literature has welcomed Blood Meridian to its shelf. "A classic American novel of regeneration through violence," declares Michael Herr. "McCarthy can only be compared to our greatest writers."
LC Classification NumberPS3563.C337B4 2001
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- 04 Aug, 2021Top favourable review
THE CORMAC McCARTHY YOU HAVE TO READ
One of the greatest novels in American literatuire. Let it stand on the same short shelf with Moby Dick, The Great Gatsby, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, and those half a dozen others which, in your esteem, tower above others in exemplifying the very best in American letters. Superbly crafted prose masterfully leads you through terrifying material and mental landscapes. McCarthy's West is at once horrifying and alluring. This is not the merely excellent, Oprah-approved, safe-for-high-school Cormac McCarthy of The Road. This is the author at a stunning peak of skill.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 May, 2024Top critical review
bought the hardcover for my library (and to read of course) ....book was packed in bubble mailer, mightve been ok if it hadnt spent 3 weeks in transit
bought the hardcover for my library (and to read of course) ....book was packed in bubble mailer, mightve been ok if it hadnt spent 3 weeks in transit. opened package and the graphic cover over the binding is torn and beat up in multiple places. disappointing for a new book. wouldve paid more for a box.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 16 May, 2024
Great looking book can’t wait to read the book. Dealer easy to deal with.
Great looking book can’t wait to read the book. Dealer easy to deal with.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 13 Mar, 2025
Book is in terrific shape!...
Book is in terrific shape!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 06 Jul, 2016
Blood Meridian
Fun, exciting and heart rendering. The judge was precious and the KID a pure little doll. NOT!!!!!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 20 Mar, 2025
Thank you for quality books and good sel...
Thank you for quality books and good selectionVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 11 Jul, 2023
great book
timely arrival good price and I very much enjoyed there bookVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 29 Nov, 2024
Best book I ever read….three times
GreatVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 11 Jun, 2024
Great item
Great itemVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 13 Sep, 2018
Western story for the ages
SuperbVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
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