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Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy (1993, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679728724
ISBN-139780679728726
eBay Product ID (ePID)482463
Product Key Features
Book TitleOrchard Keeper
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1993
TopicPsychological, Small Town & Rural, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorCormac McCarthy
Book SeriesVintage International Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight6.4 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN92-056360
Reviews"McCarthy has a voice that is unmistakably his own ... with a passion most writers couldn't muster or wouldn't dare." -- The Boston Globe
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal813.54
SynopsisThe acclaimed first novel from one of America's most celebrated novelists, the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Road * Set is a remote community in rural Tennessee in the years between the two world wars, it is the story of a young boy and a bootlegger who, unbeknownst to either of them, has killed the boy's father. The boy, John Wesley Rattner, and the outlaw, Marion Sylder-together with Rattner's Uncle Ather, who belongs to a former age in his communion with nature and his stoic independence-enact a drama that seems born of the land itself. All three are heroes of an intense and compelling celebration of values lost to time and industrialization., The first novel from one of America's most celebrated novelists, the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road. Set is a remote community in rural Tennessee in the years between the two world wars, it is the story of a young boy and a bootlegger who, unbeknownst to either of them, has killed the boy's father. The boy, John Wesley Rattner, and the outlaw, Marion Sylder-together with Rattner's Uncle Ather, who belongs to a former age in his communion with nature and his stoic independence-enact a drama that seems born of the land itself. All three are heroes of an intense and compelling celebration of values lost to time and industrialization. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris ., An American classic, The Orchard Keeper is the first novel by one of America's finest, most celebrated novelists. Set is a small, remote community in rural Tennessee in the years between the two world wars, it tells of John Wesley Rattner, a young boy, and Marion Sylder, an outlaw and bootlegger who, unbeknownst to either of them, has killed the boy's father. Together with Rattner's Uncle Ather, who belongs to a former age in his communion with nature and his stoic independence, they enact a drama that seems born of the land itself. All three are heroes of an intense and compelling celebration of values lost to time and industrialization.
LC Classification NumberPS3563.C337O7 1993
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- 15 Mar, 2022
captivating
this author truly allows you to sink deep into his world and feel like you are a part of it. very hard to put down.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 25 Apr, 2019
The Orchard Keeper
I like the author & have read many of his books.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 May, 2024
Great book everyone should read it
Great book everyone should read itVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
