![]() ![]() ![]() McCarthy’s 1992 novel All the Pretty Horses became the first novel of his “Border Trilogy,” followed by The Crossing (1994) and Cities of the Plain (1998). Blood Meridian (1985) is a Gothic historical novel about outlaws and bounty hunters set in Texas and Mexico at the middle of the nineteenth century. Through a series of books that have appeared since then, McCarthy has pursued his fascination with remote regions of the United States and Mexico, rural communities, and lone individuals who refuse the mediation of the modern world in their struggles with fate or with the forces of nature. His first novel, The Orchard Keeper, was published in 1965. Alejandra, which leads to a chain of drama and violence as the two Americans try to escape with their lives.Įvents in History at the Time the Novel Takes PlaceĮvents in History at the Time the Novel Was WrittenĬormac McCarthy was born in Rhode Island in 1933, lived in Tennessee, and moved to El Paso, Texas, 25 years ago. While employed on a large ranch in the mountains of Coahuila, John Cole falls in love with the owner’s daughter. two young Texans who love to work with horses, cross into Mexico looking for work as cowboys. ![]() John Grady Cole and his friend Lacey Rawlins. A novel, set in West Texas and northern Mexico in 1950 first published in 1992. ![]()
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