McCarthy, Cormac

No Country for Old Men (Two Editions)

New York, NY, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First Edition. “I had two dreams about him after he died. I dont remember the first one all that well but it was about meetin him in town somewheres and he give me some money and I think I lost it. But the second one it was like we was both back in older times and I was on horseback goin through the mountains of a night. Goin through this pass in the mountains. It was cold and there was snow on the ground and he rode past me and kept on goin. Never said nothin. He just rode on past and he had this blanket wrapped around him and he had his head down and when he rode past I seen he was carryin fire in a horn the way people used to do and I could see the horn from the light inside of it. About the color of the moon. And in the dream I knew that he was goin on ahead and that he was fixin to make a fire somewhere out there in all that dark and all that cold and I knew that whenever I got there he would be there. And then I woke up.”--Cormac McCarthy, No Country For Old Men, pg. 309. Cormac McCarthy (1933–2023) was a novelist, and playwright, and widely considered one of the finest writers America has ever produced. While polarizing for some readers, McCarthy’s idiosyncratic style–unconcerned with grammar, long stream of consciousness passages, and often surreal/dream-like atmospheres–carved for him a distinctive niche in literary fiction that finds echoes in Herman Melville (1819–1891), William Faulkner (1897–1962), and James Joyce (1882–1941). Almost every work that McCarthy ever produced is considered a classic; The Orchard Keeper (1965), Outer Dark (1968), Suttree (1979), Blood Meridian (1985), All The Pretty Horses (1992), The Road (2006), and The Passenger and Stella Maris (2022) are just a few of the titanic works that comprise McCarthy’s endlessly impressive oeuvre. Offered today is a magnificent bundle of both the Hardcover First Edition, and Advanced Reader Editions of McCarthy’s 2005 novel, No Country For Old Men. Originally written as a screenplay, then turned novel, then later adapted for the screen by Ethan (b. 1957) and Joel Coen (b. 1954), No Country For Old Men takes place in the vicinity of the Mexico–United States border in 1980 and concerns an illegal drug deal gone awry in the Texas desert back country. Quite, slow, contemplative, and deeply philosophical, No Country For Old Men marks itself as distinctive within McCarthy’s body of work and has gone on to be one of his most beloved novels. Obtained from our Brother Bookseller Michael Brophy of Doyle's Books in Fayetteville, NY at the Ann Arbor Antiquarian Book Fair held on October 13, 2024 (ARC only). Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. First Edition as stated at copyright page. Book is in very fine condition with minimal wear to fine edges; dust jacket is in very fine condition with light wear to fine edges and slight smudging to front and back covers. Softcover Advanced Reader Copy. First edition as stated at copyright page. Book is in fine condition with minor bumping to the fine edges and corners of front, back covers & spine; minimal smudging to front and back covers; mild rubbing to exposed edge of glossy title page. An extra handling fee of $1.50 will be added for shipping due to the size and weight of this item. Very Fine/Fine / Very Fine. [Item #7075]

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