{"product_id":"blood-meridian-or-the-evening-redness-in-the-west-hardcover-1","title":"Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCormac McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHarold Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"masterpiece\" (Michael Herr) of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Road, No Country for Old Men, The Passenger, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStella Maris\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Cormac McCarthy is the worthy disciple both of Melville and Faulkner. I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable.\"--Harold Bloom, from his Introduction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"McCarthy is a writer to be read, to be admired, and quite honestly--envied.\"--Ralph Ellison \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWidely considered one of the finest novels by a living writer, \u003ci\u003eBlood Meridian\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic tale of the violence and corruption that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the \"Wild West.\" Its wounded hero, the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennessean, must confront the extraordinary brutality of the Glanton gang, a murderous cadre on an official mission to scalp Indians. Seeming to preside over this nightmarish world is the diabolical Judge Holden, one of the most unforgettable characters in American fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, \u003ci\u003eBlood Meridian\u003c\/i\u003e represents a genius vision of the historical West, one whose stature has only grown in the years since its publication.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fulfilled renown of Moby-Dick and of As I Lay Dying is augmented by Blood Meridian, since Cormac McCarthy is the worthy disciple both of Melville and Faulkner, writes esteemed literary scholar Harold Bloom in his Introduction to the Modern Library edition. \"I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable.\" \u003cbr\u003eCormac McCarthy's masterwork, Blood Meridian, chronicles the brutal world of the Texas-Mexico borderlands in the mid-nineteenth century. Its wounded hero, the teenage Kid, must confront the extraordinary violence of the Glanton gang, a murderous cadre on an official mission to scalp Indians and sell those scalps. Loosely based on fact, the novel represents a genius vision of the historical West, one so fiercely realized that since its initial publication in 1985 the canon of American literature has welcomed Blood Meridian to its shelf. \u003cbr\u003e\"A classic American novel of regeneration through violence,\" declares Michael Herr. \"McCarthy can only be compared to our greatest writers.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novels of the American writer \u003cb\u003eCormac McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e have received a number of literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His works adapted to film include \u003ci\u003eAll the Pretty Horses, The Road, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo Country for Old Men\u003c\/i\u003e--the latter film receiving four Academy Awards, including the award for Best Picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 8.51 x 5.77 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47452360474802,"sku":"9780679641049","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/53dc1b942dcc62e3e0c1b0f0719b6307.webp?v=1778814173","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/blood-meridian-or-the-evening-redness-in-the-west-hardcover-1","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}