Blood Meridian Mccarthy by Mccarthy Cormac (14 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Brutally violent, Blood Meridian is the story of one teenage runaway in the nineteenth-century American South, as a sadistic gang unleashes its massacre across the desert land. It is the work that sealed Cormac McCarthy's reputation as one of the twentieth century's greatest writers his magnum opus. [A] brilliant, uncompromising work of fiction imagine if the authors of the King James Bible, their hands guided by Satan, wrote a western The Times Through the hostile landscape of the TexasMexico border wanders the Kid, a fourteen year-old Tennessean who is quickly swept up in the relentless tide of blood. A group known as the Glanton gang hunt Indigenous Americans, collecting scalps as their bloody trophies. At the centre of this violence stands Judge Holden: a massive, hairless man, mysterious if not supernatural, erudite and cold-blooded. He is singularly extreme in his sadistic violence. But the apparent chaos is not without order the Glanton gang, too, are stalked as prey. Read as both a brilliant subversion of the Western novel and a blazing example of that form, it is a powerful, mesmerizing and savagely beautiful novel and one of the most important works in American fiction of the last century. In Blood Meridian, McCarthy reaches the peak of his style: spare and ornate at once, repetitious but endlessly readable Guardian Praise for Cormac McCarthy: 'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and The Wren, The Wren '[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition 0.55.

Softcover. Condition: New. Celebrating Fifty Years of Picador BooksThe wrath of God lies sleeping. It was hid a million years before men were and only men have power to wake it. Hell aint half full.Set in the anarchic world opened up by Americas westward expansion, Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is an epic and potent account of the barbarous violence that man visits upon man. Through the hostile landscape of the Texas-Mexico border wanders the Kid, a fourteen year-old Tennessean who is quickly swept up in the relentless tide of blood. But the apparent chaos is not without its order: while Americans hunt Indians - collecting scalps as their bloody trophies - they too are stalked as prey.Since its first publication in 1985, Blood Meridian has been read as both a brilliant subversion of the Western novel and a blazing example of that form. Powerful, mesmerizing and savagely beautiful, it is established as one of the most important works in American fiction of the last century.Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: Good. Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 0.55.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Celebrating Fifty Years of Picador BooksThe wrath of God lies sleeping. It was hid a million years before men were and only men have power to wake it. Hell aint half full.Set in the anarchic world opened up by Americas westward expansion, Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is an epic and potent account of the barbarous violence that man visits upon man. Through the hostile landscape of the Texas-Mexico border wanders the Kid, a fourteen year-old Tennessean who is quickly swept up in the relentless tide of blood. But the apparent chaos is not without its order: while Americans hunt Indians - collecting scalps as their bloody trophies - they too are stalked as prey.Since its first publication in 1985, Blood Meridian has been read as both a brilliant subversion of the Western novel and a blazing example of that form. Powerful, mesmerizing and savagely beautiful, it is established as one of the most important works in American fiction of the last century.Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Trade Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New! Fresh from the publisher! Titles Include: The Road; All the Pretty Horses: Border Trilogy; Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West; No Country for Old Men; Child of God; The Crossing: Border Trilogy; Cities of the Plain.

Trade Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New! Fresh from the publisher! Titles Include: The Road; All the Pretty Horses: Border Trilogy; Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West; No Country for Old Men; Child of God; The Crossing: Border Trilogy; Cities of the Plain.

Condition: Muy Bueno / Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. In very good condition with solid binding. The numberline begins with 2 but i assume this is the first uk paperback print although not completely sure. Rare.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1ST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION , 2001, FULL NUMBER LINE WITH #1 IS INTACT, 1ST PRINTING, NEARFINE/NF. ,GREY EMBOSSEDCLOTH GOLD GILT TITLES ON SPINE CVR, The jacket has no rips, tears, or nibbles. A bit of fade to the spine. The book is tight, pages clean, with no writings or inscriptions. There is a bit of lean to the book w/ light wear to the board & a bit of soil to the bottom edge, 337 PGS ,Mexico BORDERLANDS in Mid 19th Century. Its Wounded Hero the Teenage Kid, Must Confront Extraordinary Violence of Glanton Gang a Murderous Cadre.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Cormac McCarthy (1981-83) correspondence archive of five letters to fellow writer Lawrence (Larry) Millman, multiple award-winning travel writer and editor of Agni Review. Written on the eve of the publication of his masterpiece Blood Meridian with fascinating content revealing McCarthy's sense of humour, state of mind, political leaning, the misery of being a writer and much more. McCarthy's work-in-progress which would become Blood Meridian (1985) is directly mentioned. One typed and four handwritten letters, all signed by McCarthy. With four original mailing envelopes. 1) The first letter from Jan 81 is typed, one page A4 size, signed with 'Cormac'. McCarthy states that he is reading Millman's book, and that it was send to him by his sister taking it as an omen. He writes that the piece which Millman saw in Tri-Quarterly [issue 48 Spring 1980 where a section of Blood Meridian called 'The Scalphunters' was published pp. 15-28] was from a novel he was working on at the time and McCarthy agrees to find another cohesive section whih Millman could publish in his magazine. 2) The second letter from June 1981 is entirely handwritten and is of astonishing content. After the opening lines McCarthy writes "I do indeed know the story of the motel shooting and I'd just like to say that the kind of nitpicking criticism it received in the yankitized press is just what we down here dont need. Sure, the guy made a mistake. What the yankee press failed to mention in every account was that he said he was sorry. Not only that, but he expressed his willingness to make restitution in any reasonable & mutually agreeable fashion to the families of both of the dead people. No mention of that. Oh no. And sure the couple that were mistakenly gunned down were on their honeymoon. So what? Does that make it worse? Was he supposed to know that? Big play in the DY press about that little fact all right. Jesus, Larry, are people not entitled to mistakes any more? You'd think he'd done the whole thing deliberatley. And the damn bellboy should have been fined at least twice what he was fined, in my opinion. I think maybe even fifty dollars might not have been too severe. It was damn careless of him & he should be taught a lesson. Anyway, we sure as hell dont need a bunch of damn Yankee nitpickers jumping up and down & chortling over what they see as decadence of the old southwest. As far as I am concerned those folks had better on to their own cucumber patch. Anyway, I'm glad to get this off of my chest. It needed to be said & I've said it. All the best, Cormac." 3) In the third letter, also handwritten Cormac apologizes "about the motel incident business" and stresses that it was meant as a joke and the story "was absolutely outrageous". McCarthy is delighted about Millman's forthcoming novel. Further on 'the mosquitoes I can do without. I was in Quebec in May & they darkened the sun at noon like passenger pigeons. I really despise being sucked on by insects. We had about 95 hounds with us & they were just about exsanguinated by the time we got out of there. The natives said the 'real mosquito season' was just on the way. Cormac goes on further to recommend the essay collection The Geography of the Imagination by Guy Davenport before enquiring about the summer and suggest a meeting in the New York area. in the postscript he congratulate Millman on his novel and adds "Just have to wear the bastards down". 4) The fourth letter was send together with the piece for Agni Review. Cormac stresses that no apologies are necessary if the piece is not liked. ".since you commented on my books with such discernment as a writer you will know that anything less than delirious enhusiasm is faint praise. I thought I'd have to send you a section of the book. Chapter 10 actually [of Blood Meridian]." We welcome direct contact and have more images and content to share. First and Fine. Signed by Author(s).