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All the Pretty Horses (Hardcover)

by Cormac McCarthy (Author), Harold Bloom (Editor)
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (224 customer reviews)

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Part bildungsroman, part horse opera, part meditation on courage and loyalty, this beautifully crafted novel won the National Book Award in 1992. The plot is simple enough. John Grady Cole, a 16-year-old dispossessed Texan, crosses the Rio Grande into Mexico in 1949, accompanied by his pal Lacey Rawlins. The two precocious horsemen pick up a sidekick--a laughable but deadly marksman named Jimmy Blevins--encounter various adventures on their way south and finally arrive at a paradisiacal hacienda where Cole falls into an ill-fated romance. Readers familiar with McCarthy's Faulknerian prose will find the writing more restrained than in Suttree and Blood Meridian. Newcomers will be mesmerized by the tragic tale of John Grady Cole's coming of age. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Muller's straightforward, unembellished reading suits the spare drama of McCarthy's acclaimed novel, which has recently been released as a movie as well. John Grady Cole and his pal Lacey Rawlins set off on horseback for Mexico in the late 1940s in search of work and adventure. Along the way they are joined by another man, named Blevins. On a hacienda in Mexico, Cole displays his uncanny gift for working with horses, and he and Alejandra, the beautiful daughter of the hacienda's owner, fall in love--a love that is displeasing not only to Alejandra's father but also to her imperious but not unsympathetic great aunt. Muller's accent in conveying Mexican voices is as convincing and unforced as his others, and he evokes equally well a distinctive personality for each character--the laconic and stalwart Cole; the more emotional and impatient Rawlins; Blevins with his concomitant braggadocio and fear--and yet this tale is perhaps not best suited to the unabridged audio format. Long stretches of text convey slow-moving action or no action at all, but rather McCarthy's lush evocation of the wild landscape. Listeners may opt for the abridged audio version of this National Book Award winner.

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--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Achingly beautiful book, Oct 16 2008
By Scooter Girl (Victoria, BC CANADA) - See all my reviews
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Cormac McCarthy is an amazing talent. This is a book that will be read hundreds of years from now. It is the coming-of-age story of a young cowboy who is caught in a transition of his own life as well as the end of the era of cowboy ranching. McCarthy's style is sparse but, like the men it describes, communicates a lot, with aching beauty. The main character is uncommonly honest, principled and moralistic, and offers hope for those who believe that such a code of honour will prevail in a world that is often cruel and violent.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Literary Fiction With a Heart, April 15 2008
Ce commentaire est de: All the Pretty Horses (Paperback)
If you're sick of overrated literary fiction that's well-crafted but contrived, cleverness without a heart, I suggest "All the Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy. McCarthy writes precise, clean prose and has a perfect eye for detail. The sky isn't full of stars, but rather of named constellations. He knows the names of each piece of equipment used to saddle a horse. McCarthy's lack of punctuation took a few pages to get used to, but once into the book I couldn't stop. "All the Pretty Horses" concerns two Texan teenagers in the 1940s who go down to Mexico and encounter various adventures, and its themes are good and evil, courage, and friendship. It's McCarthy's moral sense--what I'd call an ethical compassion--that transforms his well-crafted prose into great fiction. I wouldn't classify this book only as a western. I'd recommend this novel to anyone who loves great fiction written with a heart.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Well, at least the movie had Penelope Cruz in it..., April 14 2007
By Craobh Rua "Craobh Rua" (N. Ireland) - See all my reviews
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Cormac McCarthy was born in Providence, RI, in 1933 and saw his first novel - "The Orchard Keeper" - published in 1965. "All The Pretty Horses" was first published in 1992, is the first book in his Border Trilogy and was adapted for the big screen in 2000.

"All the Pretty Horses" opens in the late 1940s, not far from San Angelo in Texas. John Grady Cole is sixteen years old and everything he has ever known is coming to an end. His parents are divorced and he doesn't appear to have much of a relationship with either one. With his grandfather's recent death, the ranch on which John Grady was brought up is to be sold - depriving him of the only lifestyle he'd ever wanted. With nothing left for him in Texas, Cole decides to cross teh border into Mexico and seek work on a ranch there, He doesn't leave alone, however - he's joined on the trip by an old friend, Lacey Rawlins. The pair meet another teenager on their way, one who introduces himself as Jimmy Blevins. The pair recognise his instantly as trouble and have little doubt that the horse he's riding is stolen. Nevertheless, they allow Blevins to travel with them for a while - a decision that leads the pair further into trouble than they could've forseen.

Although I can see "All the Pretty Horses" is so highly thought of, the style and approach McCarthy adopted didn't always work too well for me. In fact, I felt that - at times - the style hindered the story, rather than helping it along. The lack of punctuation is often commented on and, while it helps establish the sort of characters that feature in the book, it occasionally left things a little unclear as to who was saying what. Similarly, some sentences featured five or six 'ands' and ran beyond the length of a standard paragraph. As a result, there were times I couldn't stop myself from drifting off and absent-mindedly turning the page. Overall, I'm glad I read it - I'll just not be in much of a rush to read books two and three of "The Border Trilogy"...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Novel
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. I loved the main character and, unlike some other McCarthy books, the plot is easy to follow. Lisez davantage
Published on Jun 11 2004 by grace

4.0 out of 5 stars All the pretty Horses
McCarhty paints a wonderful landscape across the border In All The Pretty Horses. This book by Cormac Mccarthy is a great book about the coming of age of 16 year old John Grady... Lisez davantage
Published on May 6 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars Cormac McCarthy's Teenage Fantasy
Over the weekend, I determined to read this National Book Award winner. The first 100 pages were about as much fun as a forced march with the Marines through a swamp. Lisez davantage
Published on April 5 2004 by R. Davis

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Western
As most of the reviewers have said, this is a terrific book. Cormac McCarthy has a unique writing style that is perfectly suited to the Western genre and he knows how to pace a... Lisez davantage
Published on Jan 14 2004 by Z. Blume

4.0 out of 5 stars All The Pretty Horses.
I found the book "All The Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy to be an exciting and compelling story of a young boy going out into the world and doing what he loves best,... Lisez davantage
Published on Oct 16 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars A book I won't soon forget
This book contains the qualitites that make up a good book to me, horses, a cowboy and a romantic love story. Lisez davantage
Published on Oct 14 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Everything you want all in one story!
This book is great. It isn't just your normal epic love story, they put horses in there, and they also pu adventure and suspence in it. Lisez davantage
Published on Oct 14 2003 by S. Carr

4.0 out of 5 stars All The Pretty Horses
All the Pretty Horses is a story about a boy who is in distress and thinks that leaving home will help him deal with the problems that he faced throughout his life. Lisez davantage
Published on Oct 9 2003 by Myla

4.0 out of 5 stars All the Pretty Horses
All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage International
June 1993

A true classic adventure novel of life, injustice, love and freedom. Lisez davantage

Published on Oct 7 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars As real as it gets
This is not a John Ford western. The setting could not be more real if you walked or rode a horse through it. McCarthy is a master of subtle nuance in his characters. Lisez davantage
Published on Sep 12 2003 by H.A. McNary

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