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Apr 21, 1992 · All the Pretty Horses. Hardcover – Deckle Edge, April 21, 1992. by Cormac McCarthy (Author) 4.5 5,741 ratings. Book 1 of 3: The Border Trilogy. See all formats and editions. Now a major motion picture from Columbia Pictures starring Matt Damon, produced by Mike Nichols, and directed by Billy Bob Thornton. The national bestseller and the first ...
Jun 29, 1993 · All the Pretty Horses. by Cormac McCarthy. 1. All the Pretty Horses opens with one death--that of John Grady's grandfather--and ends with the death of the family servant called Abuela, "grandmother." (At the novel's end, John Grady also learns that his father has died.) How do these deaths impel the novel's plot?
Our review: Parents say: ( 1 ): Kids say: Not yet rated Rate movie. Only young Lucas Black ( Sling Blade, Flash) seems to belong in this story about young boys devoted to horses, guns, and friendship. Henry Thomas and Matt Damon are solidly fine as the central buddy figures.
Book Summary. Set in west Texas about 125 miles from the Mexican border near Del Rio and Langtry, All the Pretty Horses is a story of loss and adventure. John Grady Cole, the main character, is just 16 years old and attending his grandfather's funeral when the novel opens. His mother and father are finally divorcing after years of separation ...
Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses is one of the most well-known works of the last four decades. The first of McCarthy’s Border Trilogy, it won both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award. Taking place in 1949, the novel explores the intimate story of relationships while at the same time presenting a global ...
Dec 10, 2010 · All the Pretty Horses (Border Trilogy Book 1) - Kindle edition by McCarthy, Cormac. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading All the Pretty Horses (Border Trilogy Book 1).
All the Pretty Horses is set in 1949 and 1950. The opening of the novel shows John Grady Cole, a sixteen-year-old Texan who wants badly to be a cowboy, at the funeral of his grandfather. The driving economic force in Texas, it becomes clear to John Grady, is oil rather than cattle: after the funeral, John Grady's mother will sell the ranch the ...
