Cities of the plain

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• Cities of the Plain By Cormac McCarthy

  Cities of the Plain is eagerly awaited final novel in Cormac McCarthy's magnificent Border Trilogy. Like its brilliant predecessors, All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing, Cities of the Plain tells a riveting story that is simple in form but presses ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

• The Sun Also Sets

  Cities of the Plain is the concluding novel of Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy, following All The Pretty Horses (1992) and The Crossing (1994). The critical and commercial success of these books— All the Pretty Horses won a National Book Award, and ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Wed, 25 Aug 2010

1 Review

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  Perfectly in line with the previous two books of the Border Trilogy, I found this more enjoyable than the second book. The message (one of the messages) is still the same: there is no hope, you are bound to fail, you will pay for your mistakes. And if you make no mistakes, you will still have to pay ... (continue)

  Perfectly in line with the previous two books of the Border Trilogy, I found this more enjoyable than the second book. The message (one of the messages) is still the same: there is no hope, you are bound to fail, you will pay for your mistakes. And if you make no mistakes, you will still have to pay, perhaps for those of others.

  Yes, in the end there is a glimpse of hope for one of the characters. But it is just a glimpse that may last no more than a night. And it comes after 78 years of pain.

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• English Books
• Mass Market Paperback 293 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0330544551
• ISBN-13: 9780330544559
• Publisher: Picador
• Pub date: Jan 01, 2011
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français, Libri Italiani

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