Cities of the Plain From:Cormac McCarthy , Vintage International ,
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780679747192
ISBN: 0679747192
Label: Vintage International
Manufacturer: Vintage International
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 292
Packaged Height: 79 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 787 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 71 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 512 hundredths-inches
Publication Date: 1999-05-25
Publisher: Vintage International
Release Date: 1999-05-25
Studio: Vintage International
Product Description:
In this magnificent novel, the National Book Award-winning author of "All the Pretty Horses" fashions a darkly beautiful elegy for the American frontier. The setting is New Mexico in 1952, where ranch hands John Grady Cole and Billy Parham become ensnared in events resonating with the violence and inevitability of classic tragedy.
Customer Reviews:
 Great language, not necessarily great story, 2008-09-30
I read this final volume of the "Border Trilogy" because I had read the first two. I was massively disappointed with the plot. It is far more pessimistic and dark than the first two volumes, and can leave the reader depressed. Yes, indeed, the language is as outstanding as ever, and one can hear the authentic speech of people in the particular place and time, but personally, I found that to be another reason to find the plot depressing: the more you feel for the characters, the more you want them to come out of the story at least somewhat intact.
All I can say without giving away too much is that those of us who feel compelled to finish this set of books need to get ready for a serious downer.
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