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CORMAC McCARTHY
The road
Cormac McCarthy (Rhode Island ,USA, July 20, 1933))
The third child in a family of six children, he was initially named Charles, but later he changed it to Cormac meaning
“son
of
Charles”.
He
dropped out of school in 1953 to serve for four years in the U.S. Air Force then returned to the university before
leaving
again
without
graduating. McCarthy’s first novel, “The Orchard Keeper,” was published in 1965 and edited by Albert Erskine, the longtime editor for William Faulkner. McCarthy’s commercial breakthrough came with 1992’s “All the Pretty
Horses”. The
McCarthy’s
Border
novel trilogy,
was
the
which
first
book
includes
in
“The
Crossing” (1994) and “Cities of the Plain” (1998). “No Country for Old Men” debuted in 2005. The book was made into a film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen. In 2006, “The Road” won the Pulitzer Prize. McCarthy’s
novels,
often
set
in
the
American
Southwest, are known for being bleak and violent and often feature characters who are outsiders or criminals.
SELECTED WORKS Novels
The Orchard Keeper (1965)
Outer Dark (1968)
Child of God (1973)
Suttree (1979)
Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West (1985)
All the Pretty Horses (1992)
The Crossing (1994)
Cities of the Plain (1998)
No Country for Old Men (2005)
The Road (2006) The Passenger (unpublished
Screenplays
The Gardener's Son (1976)
The Sunset Limited (2011)
The Counselor (2013)
Plays
The Stonemason (1995)
The Sunset Limited (2006)
The road (2006) A father and his son walk alone through burned America.
Nothing
moves
in
the
ravaged,
nuclear
landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is grey. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food - and each other. The Road was the winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Literature. Biblioteca Antonio Martín Plaça Catalunya, 39-41 08820 El Prat de Llobregat Telèfon: 93.370.51.52 b.prat.am@diba.cat www.biblioteca.elprat.cat
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