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BLOOD MERIDIAN: Or The Evening Redness in the West
by McCarthy, Cormac
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good plus in very good jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 039454482X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394544823
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1985. First edition (stated). Very good plus in very good jacket.. First printing of McCarthy's grim epic Western. The jewel of McCarthy's oeuvre, and one of few resoundingly great novels to have so far escaped the peril of film adaptation-most recently slipping nimbly from the grasping hands of James Franco-as its greatness rests in large part on its unadaptable prose. BLOOD MERIDIAN is a book from which those who love it best can recite unprompted; even those who love it somewhat less have the last paragraph by heart. McCarthy's great and terrible Judge Holden is one of a select few twentieth-century characters to achieve immortality without inspiring ten thousand easy imitations: no warmed-over archetype, but a whole new monster. A landmark in US literature. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original quarter red cloth with red boards, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($17.95) dust jacket, designed by Richard Adelson. [8], 337, [1] pages. Large chip to top of jacket spine and front panel with matching fading to book. Small loss to top of spine cloth. Else a clean, bright, sharp, and sound example.
Synopsis
Blood Meridian , or the Evening Redness in the West, is a 1985 Western novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. It was McCarthy's fifth book and was published by Random House. The narrative follows a teenage runaway referred to only as "the kid", with the bulk of the text devoted to his experiences with the Glanton gang, a historical group of scalp hunters who massacred Indians and others on the United States–Mexico borderlands in 1849 and 1850.
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Reviews
On Jan 22 2024, a reader said:
Random House, 1985, New York. The genuine American apocalyptic novel, in my opinion, is Blood Meridian, which is still relevant today even though it was published fifteen years ago. As Cormac McCarthy is a deserving student of both Melville and Faulkner, the achieved notoriety of Moby-Dick and As I Lay Dying is enhanced by Blood Meridian. A novel as powerful and unforgettable as Blood Meridian has probably not been written by any other contemporary American novelist, not even Thomas Pynchon "(Harold Bloom). According to Michael Herr, McCarthy's work is a masterpiece and can only be compared to the greatest writers of all time, Melville and Faulkner."
I had also reviewed this book on shabd.in and kindle too.
On Jan 4 2007, Fict said:
Both majestic and terrible, definitely one of the hallmark pieces of literature from the 20th century. You won't be disappointed!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45243
- Title
- BLOOD MERIDIAN: Or The Evening Redness in the West
- Author
- McCarthy, Cormac
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good plus in very good jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (stated)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039454482X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394544823
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- 20th century,1980s,US American,Post-WWII,Western
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