Sách - The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy (UK edition, paperback)

Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore Publisher: Macmillan UK Origin: United Kingdom (Imported) ISBN 13: 9781035003747 Condition: Brandnew Binding: paperback Pages: 448 Dimensons: 196 x 130 x 29 | 314 (gram) ---------------------------------------- Review Quote The Crossing, together with its predecessor All the Pretty Horses, towers over most contemporary fiction. An American epic inf with a grand solemnity. Review QuoteMcCarthy writes prose as clean as a bullet cutting through the air and constructs tales as compelling as any you will read . . . They are stories about people as real as the land they ride and as disturbing as the rituals they enact. Review QuoteAdmirers of All the Pretty Horses will need little encouragement . . . McCarthy speaks to us in the thrilling, apocalyptic tones of an Old Testament prophet We must treasure him.A young boy comes of age in the desolate mountains of the Mexican b, in the second volume of Cormac McCarthy's legendary Border Trilogy The Crossing forms the second part of Cormac McCarthy's critically acclaimed Border Trilogy, a story that began with All the Pretty Horses and concludes with Cities of the Plain.Set on the south-western ranches in the years before the Second World War, Cormac McCarthy's The Crossing follows the fortunes of sixteen-year-old Billy Parham and his younger brother Boyd. Fascinated by an elusive wolf that has been marauding his family's property, Billy captures the animal - but rather than kill it, sets out impulsively for the mountains of Mexico to return it to where it came from.When Billy comes back to his own home he finds himself and his world irrevocably changed. His loss of innocence has come at a price, and once again the border beckons with its desolate beauty and cruel promise.'The Crossing is like a river in full spate: beautiful and dangerous' – The TimesPart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature. Biographical NoteCormac McCarthy is the author of many acclaimed novels, including Blood Meridian, The Road and No Country For Old Men. Among his honours are the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Giá sản phẩm trên Tiki đã bao gồm thuế theo luật hiện hành. Bên cạnh đó, tuỳ vào loại sản phẩm, hình thức và địa chỉ giao hàng mà có thể phát sinh thêm chi phí khác như phí vận chuyển, phụ phí hàng cồng kềnh, thuế nhập khẩu (đối với đơn hàng giao từ nước ngoài có giá trị trên 1 triệu đồng).....