Cormac McCarthy, the author of such works as Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men, and The Road, is one of America's greatest living writers--an uncompromising examiner of the depths of human depravity, the nature of evil, and the bonds that endure between men. This companio
Cormac McCarthy: a literary companion
β Scribed by McCarthy, Cormac;Hage, Erik
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 201
- Series
- McFarland literary companions 9
- Category
- Library
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Cormac McCarthy both embodies and redefines the notion of the artist as outsider. His fiction draws on recognizable American themes and employs dense philosophical and theological subtexts, challenging readers by depicting the familiar as inscrutably foreign. The essays in this Companion offer a sop
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