Cormac McCarthy

The Orchard Keeper

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A young boy meets and an outlaw who, unbeknownst to either of them, has killed the boy's father. This is Cormac McCarthy's experimental, incredible debut novel.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Publishers International / Picador
• Main Market Ed.
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 130mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 199g
• ISBN-13: 9780330511254
• ISBN-10: 0330511254
• Artikelnr.: 26545774

Autorenporträt

Cormac McCarthy was the author of many acclaimed novels, including Blood Meridian, Child of God and The Passenger. Among his honours are the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. 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. McCarthy died in 2023 in Santa Fe, NM at the age of 89.

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Rezensionen

Mr McCarthy has the best kind of Southern style, one that fuses risky eloquence, intricate rhythms and dead-to-rights accuracy New York Times