No Country for Old Men (eBook)

a chilling literary Western exploring violence and morality on the bloody frontier

Cormac McCarthy (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010 | 1. Auflage
Pan Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-330-47477-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Llewelyn Moss, hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, stumbles upon a transaction gone horribly wrong. Finding bullet-ridden bodies, several kilos of heroin, and a caseload of cash, he faces a choice -- leave the scene as he found it, or cut the money and run. Choosing the latter, he knows, will change everything. And so begins a terrifying chain of events, in which each participant seems determined to answer the question that one asks another: how does a man decide in what order to abandon his life?
'No Country for Old Men is a severed head and shoulders over anything else written in America this year' Independent on Sunday
'A Western thriller with a racy plot and punchy dialogue, perfect for a lazy Sunday' The Times
'[An] utterly absorbing, chilling tale . . . One of the most sinister characters in modern American fiction' Herald
'A fast, powerful read, steeped with a deep sorrow about the moral degradation of the legendary American West' Financial Times
'It's hard to think of a contemporary writer more worth reading' Independent

---

A savage tale of violence and morality in the American West, Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men follows a Vietnam veteran's dark path after stumbling upon a drug deal gone wrong.Adapted for the screen by the Coen Brothers (Fargo, True Grit), winner of four Academy Awards (including Best Picture).'A Western thriller with a racy plot and punchy dialogue' - The Times1980. Llewelyn Moss is hunting antelope near the Rio Grande when he discovers the aftermath of a drug deal turned deadly. Finding bullet-ridden bodies, several kilos of heroin, and a caseload of cash, he faces a choice - walk away or take the money and run. Choosing the latter, he knows, will change everything.And so begins a terrifying chain of events, as each player in this brutal game seems determined to answer one question: how does a man decide in what order to abandon his life?'It's hard to think of a contemporary writer more worth reading' - IndependentPart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.Praise for Cormac McCarthy:'McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute' - Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and The Wren, The Wren'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' - Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series'In presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' - Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback MountainPart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.12.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-10: 0-330-47477-4 / 0330474774
• ISBN-13: 978-0-330-47477-1 / 9780330474771