All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy was born in Rhode Island in 1933, lived in Tennessee, and moved to El Paso, Texas, 25 years ago. His first novel, The Orchard Keeper, was pu...
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Cormac McCarthy, whose early novels were often set in eastern Tennessee and whose later work focuses on the American Southwest, is frequently compared with such Southern-based writers as William Faulk...
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In the following review, Bell discusses the differences between All The Pretty Horses and McCarthy's previous novels, and calls the book the "most accessible" of his works.
Cor...
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In the following review, Eder discusses All the Pretty Horses, provides a plot synopsis, and comments on McCarthy's descriptive prose.
When John Cole's grandfather dies in 1947, leavi...
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In the following review, Malin discusses imagery, characterization, and the spiritual quest found in All the Pretty Horses. Malin comments on the language used in the novel, and on the "juxtapo...
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In the following review, Donoghue discusses All the Pretty Horses in relation to McCarthy's other novels, asserting that McCarthy is at his "best with what nature gives or imposes, rathe...
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In the following review, Ahearn provides a brief analysis of All the Pretty Horses, discusses the protagonist's quest, and calls the work "a must read."
After his first four no...
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All the Pretty Horses is a story created by novelist Cormac McCarthy, set in 1949, Mexico. Upset by the disappearance of cattle-ranching in their home state of Texas, two adol...
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Through life's obstacles, there occurs moments in a lifetime in which one undergoes a true test of character, strength and abilities. It is the result of these tests that proves the validity of a hero...
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All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy, the author of All the Pretty Horses, was born in Rhode Island on July 20, 1933. He was the eldest of six children, he was born to Charles Joseph and Gladys Chri...
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Teaching All the Pretty Horses
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Don't expect a lot of sunshine in Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick. Publishing's leading hit-maker has chosen Cormac McCarthy's "The Road," a bleak, apocalyptic novel by an author who rarely t...
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Two masters of the arts world finally won Pulitzers on Monday, with 73-year-old novelist Cormac McCarthy receiving the fiction prize for "The Road" and 77-year-old saxophonist Ornette Coleman honor...
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No Country for Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy. Alfred A. Knopf, 309 pages, $24.95.
The first reaction is visceral, and should be recorded here before the critical faculty interposes to hedge and q...
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No Country for Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy. Alfred A. Knopf, 309 pages, $24.95.The first reaction is visceral, and should be recorded here before the critical faculty interposes to hedge and qualif...
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The 2007 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism:PUBLIC SERVICE: Staff, The Wall Street JournalThe newspaper won its first Pulitzer in the public service category after the staff developed its own statistic...
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When the Armory Show officially opens on Thursday, March 10, with a benefit for the Museum of Modern Art, hundreds of art collectors who have lined up in the cold clutching $1,000 tickets will find...
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