All the Pretty Horses
Ratings95
Average rating4.1
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Ratings95
Average rating4.1
“Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.”
The first volume in the Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood.
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3 primary books4 released booksThe Border Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1992 with contributions by Cormac McCarthy.
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I ain't afraid to die.
That's good. Helps you die. Doesn't help you to live.
I hadn't read a McCarthy book since The Road years and years ago and this was terrific. I always thought this was some sort of soapy western based on the the movie adaptation, which I admittedly have not seen. There's a romance aspect to this, and it is indeed a novel with a romantic heart. However, this is a novel more about the love of the West than interpersonal romance.
Great dialog. I'd recommend it if you're already a fan of Westerns.
Damn. What an incredible, incredible book. A more tender book than McCarthy's others, but just as raw, merciful, brutal, and soft as any of his novels.
The first of a trilogy, but it stands well on its own, and is by far my favorite. A border story, mostly in old Mexico.
