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Continuum Contemporaries

Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses: A Reader's Guide

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This is part of a new series of guides to contemporary novels. The aim of the series is to give readers accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential novels of recent years - from 'The Remains of the Day' to 'White Teeth'. A team of contemporary fiction scholars from both sides of the Atlantic has been assembled to provide a thorough and readable analysis of each of the novels in question.
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96 pages, Paperback

First published January 21,2002
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Continuum Contemporaries

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96 pages, Paperback
Published
January 1, 2002 by Continuum
ISBN
9780826452467
ASIN
0826452469
Language
English

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sdrawkcabton88
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April 17,2025
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Tatum's 95-page reader's guide is nearly as well written as the McCarthy book it explores. Especially helpful are the discussion questions Tatum includes. Tatum also references other readers' and critics' insights and contributions. Throughout his guide, however, I came to appreciate McCarthy's book even more. A wonderful addition to McCarthy studies. Highly recommended.
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rowhan
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I judged this one harshly and hastily. Before Tatum settled into his rhythm, I decided that the approach, which focuses on reflected scenes in what becomes almost a mirror of a novel, would yield little. And while there's still plenty here I'd quibble with, Tatum's explication of the novel as John Grady Cole's struggle to come to see the world "as it is" takes shape as he examines the third and fourth sections. Solid and occasionally revelatory stuff.
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