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Outer Dark Paperback - 1993
by McCarthy, Cormac
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Set in Appalachia around the turn of the century, this evocative novel tells of a woman who bears her brother's child. The father hides the baby in the woods and tells his sister the baby died of natural causes. When she discovers the lie, she sets out to find her son and both parents move headlong toward an apocalyptic resolution. Out of print since 1984.
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Details
- Title Outer Dark
- Author McCarthy, Cormac
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York
- Publication date 1993-06-29
- Bookseller's Inventory # DADAX0679728732
- ISBN 9780679728733 / 0679728732
- Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 8.08 x 5.14 x 0.55 in (20.52 x 13.06 x 1.40 cm)
- Size 5.19x0.58x8.00
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Topical: Country/Cowboy
- Category Fiction - General
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Brothers and sisters
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 92050588
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
- Quantity available 6
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About this book
Cormac McCarthy was born in Rhode Island in1933 and spent most of his childhood near Knoxville, Tennessee, where his first novels are set. The Orchard Keeper (1965) won the Faulkner Award for a first novel; it was followed by Outer Dark (1968) McCarthy's scarce second novel.
Outer Dark was published by Random House in 1968. The story involves Rinthy Holme, who bears her brother's child. Her brother, Culla, then takes the baby out to the woods to die, telling his sister the child died of natural causes. She spends the novel looking for the child while her brother tries to outrun his sin. Although published to great critical reviews, it sold poorly - a modest 2,705 copies.
Outer Dark was published by Random House in 1968. The story involves Rinthy Holme, who bears her brother's child. Her brother, Culla, then takes the baby out to the woods to die, telling his sister the child died of natural causes. She spends the novel looking for the child while her brother tries to outrun his sin. Although published to great critical reviews, it sold poorly - a modest 2,705 copies.
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From the publisher
From the jacket flap
Outer Dark is a novel at once fabular and starkly evocative, set is an unspecified place in Appalachia, sometime around the turn of the century. A woman bears her brother's child, a boy; he leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he died of natural causes. Discovering her brother's lie, she sets forth alone to find her son. Both brother and sister wander separately through a countryside being scourged by three terrifying and elusive strangers, headlong toward an eerie, apocalyptic resolution.
First edition identification
First editions of Outer Dark have$4.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket and 'First Printing' stated on the copyright page. The back of the dust jacket has eight reviews from print sources.
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Citations
- Library Journal, 01/01/1994, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 05/17/1993, Page 0
