The Orchard Keeper (Vintage International)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B003XT60HM
Publish date: August 11th 2010
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 257
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Environment,
Nature,
Southern,
Western,
Gothic,
Southern Gothic
Not as exquisite as the later works (where his distinctive style is much more polished), but still an excellent read.
Face it GoodReaders—Cormac McCarthy isn’t for everyone. I doubt it was ever his intention. He doesn’t write for the casual reader, or even the avid reader. I think he writes primarily for himself, and gets rather a kick out of those of us who follow his every word and enjoy it for what it is. Like a...
Read By: Bruce HunteyBook Description================An American classic, The Orchard Keeper is the first novel by one of America's finest novelists and author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller All the Pretty Horses. --------------The writing style is evident, lush wordiage to die for ...
The polar opposite of the stark, desolate prose in The Road.
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