All the Pretty Horses: Book 1 of The Border Trilogy
by Cormac McCarthy
All the Pretty Horses: Book 1 of The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy holds a exceptional rating of 4.50 out of 5, based on 5.3K reader ratings. First published in 1992. The book spans 310 pages.
About All the Pretty Horses: Book 1 of The Border Trilogy
All the Pretty Horses is a novel by American author Cormac McCarthy published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1992.
Its romanticism (in contrast to the bleakness of McCarthy's earlier work) brought the writer much public attention. It was a bestseller, and it won both the U.S. National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Along with The Crossing (1994), and Cities of the Plain (1998), it constitues McCarthy's "Border Trilogy", an elegy for the American Frontier, written in an unconventional format which omits traditional Western punctuation (such as quotation marks) and makes use of polysyndetic syntax in a manner similar to that of Ernest Hemingway.
The book was adapted as a 2000 eponymous film, starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz, and directed by Billy Bob Thornton.
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| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Author | Cormac McCarthy |
| Published | 1992 |
| Pages | 310 |
| Kindle Price | $12.99 |
| Genres | Fiction |
| Average Rating | 4.50 / 5.00 |
| Total Ratings | 5,258 |
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All the Pretty Horses: Book 1 of The Border Trilogy is categorized as Fiction. Its primary genre classification is Fiction.
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Based on 5.3K reader ratings, All the Pretty Horses: Book 1 of The Border Trilogy has an average score of 4.50 out of 5.00, which is considered "Exceptional."
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All the Pretty Horses: Book 1 of The Border Trilogy has 310 pages.
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All the Pretty Horses: Book 1 of The Border Trilogy was written by Cormac McCarthy. It was first published in 1992.
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The ISBN-13 for All the Pretty Horses: Book 1 of The Border Trilogy is 9780679744399.
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