The Son - Softcover

Meyer, Philipp

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062293583 ISBN 13: 9780062293589

Publisher: Ecco, 2013

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2013-06-01 Pages: 576 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US A Globe & Mail 100 SelectionPart epic of Texas. part classic coming- of-age story. part unflinching portrait of the bloody price of power. The Son is an utterly transporting novel that maps the legacy of violence in the American West through the lives of the McCulloughs. an ambitious family as resilient and dangerous as the land they claimSpring. 1849. The first male child born in the newly established Republic of Texas. Eli McCullough is thirteen years old when a marauding band of Comanches storms his homestead and brutally murders his mother and sister. taking him captive. Brave and clever. Eli quickly adapts to life among the Comanches. learning their ways and language. answering to a new name . becoming the chief s adopted son. and waging war against their enemies. including white men-which com...

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Review:

'Stunning ... a book that for once really does deserve to be called a masterpiece'  (Kate Atkinson)

'Magnificent ... McCarthy's Border Trilogy is a point of reference, as is There Will Be Blood, but it is not fanciful to be reminded of certain passages from Moby-Dick - it's that good' (The Times)

'Only in the greatest of historical novels do we come to feel both the distance of the past and our own likely complicity in the sins of a former age, had we been a part of it. To that rank, we now add The Son' (New York Times)

'The Son makes a viable claim to be a Great American Novel... an extraordinary orchestration of American history' (Washington Post)

'Its viscerality and boundless capacity for storytelling puts it on a par with the classic of the genre, Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian'  (Sunday Telegraph)

'Brilliant ... a wonderful novel'  (Lionel Shriver)

'Meyer is an impressive and multi-talented storyteller in the old, good sense – the kind that makes me hang on for whatever the next chapter will hold' (Richard Ford)

‘The Son is an epic, heroic, hallucinatory work of art’ (Chris Cleave)

From the Back Cover:

A Globe & Mail 100 Selection

Part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part unflinching portrait of the bloody price of power, The Son is an utterly transporting novel that maps the legacy of violence in the American West through the lives of the McCulloughs, an ambitious family as resilient and dangerous as the land they claim.

Eli McCullough is thirteen years old when a marauding band of Comanche storm his homestead and take him captive. Brave and clever, Eli quickly adapts to Comanche life, carving a place as the chief's adopted son, and waging war against their enemies, including white men. But when disease, starvation, and overwhelming numbers of armed Americans decimate the tribe, Eli finds himself alone. Neither white nor Indian, civilized or fully wild, he must carve a place for himself in a world in which he does not fully belong--a journey of adventure, tragedy, hardship, grit, and luck that reverberates in the lives of his progeny.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ecco
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062293583
• ISBN 13: 9780062293589
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576