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All the Pretty Horses, the first novel of the Border Trilogy, published in 1992, was an international bestseller, winning both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. It tells the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself the last bewildered survivor of generations of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he ever imagined. 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. In 2012 Picador celebrated its 40th anniversary. During that time we have published many prize-winning and bestselling authors including Bret Easton Ellis and Cormac McCarthy, Alice Sebold and Helen Fielding, Graham Swift and Alan Hollinghurst. Years later, Picador continue to bring readers the very best contemporary fiction, non-fiction and poetry from across the globe. Discover more at picador.com/40
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Cormac McCarthy is the author of ten other novels, and among his honours are the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Bookworm
Format:Kindle Edition
JonDoe has commented on the lack of quotation marks in this book and it isn't just the Kindle version. I read the border trilogy in print form some time ago and had exactly the same problems in following passages of dialogue. Even more baffling for me though, were the passages of untranslated Spanish. I could cope like most people with simple greetings and everyday remarks but some of these passages in Spanish were quite complex. For example in the second book The Crossing a Mexican trapper explains to Billy Parham how to set a trap for a wolf and to cover his own scent around the area so as not to deter the wolf. All of this is in Spanish with some colloquial expressions and all of it untranslated. I was able to find and download translations of all the passages in all three books but I found the constant switching between book and printouts quite distracting.
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Am sure most people will have seen the film about this book, and to be fair the film does the book justice, which is rarely the case! But No Country for Old Men was the same.
This is written in what I would describe as old fashioned story telling, not a lot of fast paced action, and long narratives about the scenery and characters. It wanders off sometimes but I personally enjoy that...not all will though.
The story is well thought out and simple, but keeps you engaged throughout, however the conversations in Spanish are quite annoying when they are rarely translated! Very authentic to include the Spanish but not everyone speaks it, and although not integral to the story it is annoying, but they only happen a few times so you dont get lost.
Overall a good read and the best of the trilogy, the second one is not as good as it does go way off track to often, even for me!
If you like this author you will enjoy this.
This is written in what I would describe as old fashioned story telling, not a lot of fast paced action, and long narratives about the scenery and characters. It wanders off sometimes but I personally enjoy that...not all will though.
The story is well thought out and simple, but keeps you engaged throughout, however the conversations in Spanish are quite annoying when they are rarely translated! Very authentic to include the Spanish but not everyone speaks it, and although not integral to the story it is annoying, but they only happen a few times so you dont get lost.
Overall a good read and the best of the trilogy, the second one is not as good as it does go way off track to often, even for me!
If you like this author you will enjoy this.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By JonDoe
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Setting aside the actual story, the kindle version of this '40th Anniversary Edition' has complete absence of quotation marks, and apostrophes in contractions. The lack of quotation makes harder to read than it needs to be because at times it's not clear what is and what isn't speech.
It's not the only book making what seems to be a stylistic choice but that's not really an excuse for sacrificing readability. I'm not even sure whether this applies to the paper version, or whether they were simply lost in converting to the kindle format.
The lack of apostrophes e.g. dont, cant, wouldnt makes even less sense. It doesn't hurt readability so much, but there seems to be no good reason for it.
It's not the only book making what seems to be a stylistic choice but that's not really an excuse for sacrificing readability. I'm not even sure whether this applies to the paper version, or whether they were simply lost in converting to the kindle format.
The lack of apostrophes e.g. dont, cant, wouldnt makes even less sense. It doesn't hurt readability so much, but there seems to be no good reason for it.
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