| Cities of the Plain Contributor(s): McCarthy, Cormac (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679747192 ISBN-13: 9780679747192 Publisher: Vintage
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: May 1999 Annotation: In this magnificent new novel, the National Book Award-winning author of All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing fashions a darkly beautiful elegy for the American frontier. The setting is New Mexico in 1952, where John Grady Cole and Billy Parham are working as ranch hands. To the North lie the proving grounds of Alamogordo; to the South, the twin cities of El Paso and Juarez, Mexico. Their life is made up of trail drives and horse auctions and stories told by campfire light. It is a life that is about to change forever, and John Grady and Billy both know it. The catalyst for that change appears in the form of a beautiful, ill-starred Mexican prostitute. When John Grady falls in love, Billy agrees--against his better judgment--to help him rescue the girl from her suavely brutal pimp. The ensuing events resonate with the violence and inevitability of classic tragedy. Hauntingly beautiful, filled with sorrow, humor and awe, Cities of the Plain is a genuine American epic. Click for more in this series: Border Trilogy |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Westerns - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98011583 |
| Lexile Measure: 680(Not Available) |
| Series: Border Trilogy |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.28" W x 8.05" L (0.50 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico |
| Features: Price on Product |
| Review Citations: Ingram Advance 07/01/1999 pg. 9 Entertainment Weekly 08/06/1999 pg. 57 New York Times 12/05/1999 pg. 104 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 68570 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this magnificent new novel, the National Book Award-winning author of All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing fashions a darkly beautiful elegy for the American frontier. The setting is New Mexico in 1952, where John Grady Cole and Billy Parham are working as ranch hands. To the North lie the proving grounds of Alamogordo; to the South, the twin cities of El Paso and Juarez, Mexico. Their life is made up of trail drives and horse auctions and stories told by campfire light. It is a life that is about to change forever, and John Grady and Billy both know it. The catalyst for that change appears in the form of a beautiful, ill-starred Mexican prostitute. When John Grady falls in love, Billy agrees--against his better judgment--to help him rescue the girl from her suavely brutal pimp. The ensuing events resonate with the violence and inevitability of classic tragedy. Hauntingly beautiful, filled with sorrow, humor and awe, Cities of the Plain is a genuine American epic. |
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