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By the author of the critically acclaimed "Border Trilogy", "Outer Dark" is a novel at once mythic and starkly evocative, set in an unspecified place in Appalachia sometime around the turn of the century. A woman bears her brother's child, a boy; the brother leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he died of natural causes. Discovering her brother's lie, she sets forth alone to find her son. Both brother and sister wander separately through a countryside being scourged by three terrifying and elusive strangers, headlong toward an eerie, apocalyptic resolution. "McCarthy is a master stylist, perhaps without equal in American letters ...In his hands, everything is done with consummate skill" - "Village Voice". "McCarthy has made the fabulous real, the ordinary mysterious" - "New York Times". "A profound parable that ultimately speaks to any society in any time" - "Time".
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"A perfectly executed work of the imagination. [McCarthy] has made the fabulous real, the ordinary mysterious." --The New York Times
"McCarthy is a master stylist, perhaps without an equal in American letters. . . . In [his] hands, everything is done with consummate skill--a kind of maximalism with precision crafting." --Village Voice
"McCarthy's re-creation of the local dialect is surpassed by his poetic descriptions of the land and its people . . . a profound parable that ultimately speaks to any society at any time." --Time
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Outer Dark is a novel at once fabular and starkly evocative, set is an unspecified place in Appalachia, sometime around the turn of the century. A woman bears her brother's child, a boy; he leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he died of natural causes. Discovering her brother's lie, she sets forth alone to find her son. Both brother and sister wander separately through a countryside being scourged by three terrifying and elusive strangers, headlong toward an eerie, apocalyptic resolution.
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- PublisherDeutsch
- Publication date1970
- ISBN 10 0233956506
- ISBN 13 9780233956503
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages240
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Outer Dark
Published by
Andre Deutsch, United Kingdom, 1970
ISBN 10: 0233956506
ISBN 13: 9780233956503
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Hardcover
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Seller: 84 Charing Cross Road Books, IOBA, Cambridge, CAMBS, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Collectable - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. ~~Missing dust-jacket~~VG- 1st printing 1st UK edition Andre Deutsch hardback, missing the jacket. Corners just a little pushed, some light spotting along top edge of pages, minor spine lean from previous usage, area of surface wear to lower rear of board due to previous shop sticker removal, tight and unmarked. Size: 130\nx 190mm. 240 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; Fiction. ISBN: 0233956506. ISBN/EAN: 9780233956503. The book is available to view in-person at our Cambridge hub. The photos provided are of the actual book for sale, further condition-specific photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 083563. Seller Inventory # 083563
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Outer Dark (Signed Bookplate)
Published by
Andre Deutsch, 1970
ISBN 10: 0233956506
ISBN 13: 9780233956503
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: The Books of Eli, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed by Author(s) A really fine book in a really fine DW, this is a first English edition/ first English impression in absolutely fabulous condition. The only flaw is a small ink mark on the reverse of the FEP which has been tipexed out but is still visible on both sides. This was the great writers second novel after "THE ORCHARD KEEPER". This is a great read and you can see how he was progressing towards his later books "BLOOD MERIDIAN" and "THE ROAD". This is NOT an ex-library book, it is NOT remaindered and is NOT foxed the pages are clean, bright and tight. The bookplate is loosely laid in on the titlepage. A rare find, in pristine condition. ISigned by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1657701024860
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