Tyler's review
All the Pretty Horses (Border Trilogy, Vol 1)
by Cormac McCarthy
Tyler's review
All the Pretty Horses (Border Trilogy, Vol 1) by Cormac McCarthy
Tyler's review
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McCarthy's writing is just as tough, laconic, and authentic as the prematurely grizzled ranchboys he writes about here. To cite two over-mentioned authors, his prose is a strange amalgam of Hemingway's lyrical, repetitive terseness, and Faulkner's blend of Biblical brimstone, nihilist philosophizing, and more supernatural elements.
I also noticed some interesting parallels between this book and No Country For Old Men. I'm sure McCarthy must realize that he's kind of repeating himself, and maybe it's intentional, but these similarities certainly add fuel to an argument I've heard that McCarthy's latest books are almost self-parodies.
1. All The Pretty Horses, pg. 47:
Where'd you get a gun like this? he said.
At the gittin place.
No Country For Old Men, pg. 21:
Where'd you get that pistol? she called.
At the gettin place.
(Although Cormac McCarthy is by no means the first person t...more
I also noticed some interesting parallels between this book and No Country For Old Men. I'm sure McCarthy must realize that he's kind of repeating himself, and maybe it's intentional, but these similarities certainly add fuel to an argument I've heard that McCarthy's latest books are almost self-parodies.
1. All The Pretty Horses, pg. 47:
Where'd you get a gun like this? he said.
At the gittin place.
No Country For Old Men, pg. 21:
Where'd you get that pistol? she called.
At the gettin place.
(Although Cormac McCarthy is by no means the first person t...more
