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The Crossing
Border Trilogy (2)
Series: Vintage International
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The second volume of the award-winning Border Trilogy—from the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road—fulfils the promise of All the Pretty Horses and at the same time gives us a work that is darker and more visionary, a novel with the unstoppable momentum of a classic western and the elegiac power of a lost American myth.
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An essential novel by any measure, The Crossing is luminous and appalling, a book that touches, stops, and starts the heart and mind at once.
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The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy receives praise for its rich, evocative language and profound exploration of themes such as loss and the search for meaning. Set against the vivid backdrop of the American Southwest and Mexico, it's appreciated for intricate storytelling and complex characters. However, some readers find the pacing a bit slow and the narrative challenging to navigate.
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ISBN: 9780679760849
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 14 March 1995
Country: United States
Imprint: Vintage Books
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 202.0mm
Weight: 312g
Pages: 432
About the Author
The novels of the American writer, CORMAC MCCARTHY, have received a number of literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His works adapted to film include All the Pretty Horses, The Road, and No Country for Old Men—the latter film receiving four Academy Awards, including the award for Best Picture. He died in 2023.
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