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Blood Meridian
Series: Picador Collection
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Blood Meridian
A chaotically violent and hauntingly beautiful novel from one of the greatest American novelists, the late Pulitzer Prize-winning Cormac McCarthy.
A chaotically violent and hauntingly beautiful novel from one of the greatest American novelists, Pulitzer Prize-winning Cormac McCarthy.
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Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy unfolds in the tumultuous period of America's westward expansion, creating a stark and unfiltered portrayal of human violence and survival. At the heart of the narrative is the Kid, a fourteen-year-old from Tennessee who finds himself thrust into a lawless landscape along the Texas-Mexico border. As he navigates through a world filled with unrelenting brutality, he becomes entangled with a ruthless gang of Indian-hunters led by the enigmatic Judge Holden.
The story captures the Kid's harrowing journey across a hostile territory, where the fragile boundary between civilisation and savagery blurs. Within this relentless march of violence, the American pursuit of manifest destiny is depicted as a series of bloody confrontations, capturing scalps as trophies. However, the hunters soon become the hunted, ensnared within a cycle of pursuing prey and fleeing from those who would do them harm.
This gripping tale is underpinned by McCarthy's masterful prose, which brings to life the barren deserts and unforgiving landscapes that the characters traverse. The narrative weaves a complex exploration of the human condition, interrogating themes of fate, morality, and the inherent darkness within man.
Since its first publication in 1985, Blood Meridian has been hailed as both a subversive revision of the Western novel and a paragon of that genre. The novel’s powerful, mesmerising, and brutally beautiful storytelling has cemented it as one of the seminal works in American literature of the last century. McCarthy's unflinching depiction of violence and his lyrical description of the natural world create a disturbing yet captivating masterpiece that challenges readers to confront the extremes of human nature.
This edition is part of the Picador Collection, a distinguished series showcasing the finest in modern literature, celebrating 50 years of Picador Books. The novel’s timeless exploration of humanity’s darkest instincts ensures its place as a significant and enduring work in the literary canon.
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Blood Meridian is widely regarded as a masterpiece, described as an astonishing and sanguinary epic that details the Indian wars in the 1840s. It is praised for its stark beauty and bloody narrative, often labelled as one of the greatest American novels of the past 25 years. The depiction of violence and the memorable character of Judge Holden stand out, making it a powerful and unsettling read.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781529077162
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 February 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Picador
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 264g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Cormac McCarthy is one of the most enigmatic and reclusive superstars of the modern literary world. Living and writing from El Paso, Texas, he has shunned all requests for interviews, appearances at bookshops or literary festivals.Nonetheless, he remains one of the most admired writers of the last fifty years. His eight novels have received extraordinary reviews, being hailed as masterpieces of American literature. He has won the American National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for All the Pretty Horses, the first book of The Border Trilogy.Cormac McCarthy is the author of twelve novels and a play. All his novels are available in Picador editions. He died in June 2023.
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