Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (25th Anniversary Edition)

MCCARTHY, Cormac

ISBN 10: 0679641041 / ISBN 13: 9780679641049

Published by Modern Library, New York, 2010

Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. 351, [10] pp. Fine in original cloth-backed, paper-covered boards and fine pictorial dust jacket. First published in 1985 by Random House. This is a first printing of the 25th anniversary edition, published by Modern Library, in 2010 and the full number line is present. Seller Inventory # 7308

Synopsis:

The “masterpiece” (Michael Herr) of the New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road, No Country for Old Men, The Passenger, and Stella Maris
 
“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
 
“McCarthy is a writer to be read, to be admired, and quite honestly—envied.”—Ralph Ellison
 
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

Widely considered one of the finest novels by a living writer, Blood Meridian 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.
 
Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, Blood Meridian represents a genius vision of the historical West, one whose stature has only grown in the years since its publication.

About the Author: The novels of the American writer Cormac McCarthy 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 All the Pretty Horses, The Road, and No Country for Old Men—the latter film receiving four Academy Awards, including the award for Best Picture. He died in 2023.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in ...
Publisher: Modern Library, New York
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Thus.