{"product_id":"all-the-pretty-horses","title":"All the Pretty Horses","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAll the Pretty Horses | Cormac McCarthy | Pan Macmillan\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Grady Cole is the last bewildered survivor of long generations of Texas ranchers. Finding himself cut off from the only life he has ever wanted, he sets out for Mexico with his friend Lacey Rawlins. Befriending a third boy along the way, they find a country beyond their imagining — barren and beautiful, rugged yet cruelly civilised; a place where dreams are paid for in blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first volume in Cormac McCarthy’s legendary \u003cstrong\u003eBorder Trilogy\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAll the Pretty Horses\u003c\/em\u003e is an acknowledged masterpiece and a grand love story: a novel about the passing of childhood, of innocence, and of a vanished American age. Steeped in the wisdom that comes only from loss, it is a magnificent parable of responsibility, revenge, and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKey Themes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComing of age and lost innocence\u003c\/strong\u003e — John Grady’s journey from boyhood to manhood, and the brutal lessons of a world that does not yield to idealism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLove and longing\u003c\/strong\u003e — a grand, doomed love story at the heart of the novel, set against the vast and unforgiving landscape of Mexico\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe American West and a vanishing way of life\u003c\/strong\u003e — an elegy for the Texas ranching world and the frontier spirit that shaped it, now slipping away beyond recovery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eResponsibility, revenge and survival\u003c\/strong\u003e — a moral reckoning with violence, loyalty, and what it means to live with integrity in a world indifferent to justice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSense of place\u003c\/strong\u003e — McCarthy’s prose conjures the landscapes of Texas and Mexico with extraordinary vividness — rugged, beautiful, and alive with danger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll the Pretty Horses\u003c\/em\u003e is the first volume in Cormac McCarthy’s \u003cstrong\u003eBorder Trilogy\u003c\/strong\u003e, followed by \u003cem\u003eThe Crossing\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCities of the Plain\u003c\/em\u003e. Part of the \u003cstrong\u003ePicador Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e — a series showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCormac McCarthy (1933–2023) is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novelists of the twentieth century. His works include \u003cem\u003eBlood Meridian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNo Country for Old Men\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Road\u003c\/em\u003e — winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cormac McCarthy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pan Macmillan (Picador Collection)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2022 (this edition)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Literary Fiction \/ Historical Fiction \/ Coming of Age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781035003754\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan South Africa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43280229138530,"sku":"9781035003754","price":338.95,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1279\/5591\/files\/9781035003754_69e8000d-9ccf-4747-ab09-940c71df04d6.avif?v=1788325976","url":"https:\/\/elexacademicbookstore.co.za\/products\/all-the-pretty-horses","provider":"Elex Academic Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}