In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas - Softcover

McMurtry, Larry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1631493531 ISBN 13: 9781631493539

Verlag: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2018

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Reseña del editor:

Before embarking on what would become one of the most prominent writing careers in American literature, spanning decades and indelibly shaping the nation's perception of the West, Larry McMurtry knew what it meant to come from Texas. Originally published in 1968, In a Narrow Grave is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's homage to the past and present of the Lone Star State, where he grew up a precociously observant hand on his father's ranch. From literature to rodeos, small-town folk to big city intellectuals, McMurtry explores all the singular elements that define his land and community, revealing the surprising and particular challenges in the "dying . . . rural, pastoral way of life." "The gold standard for understanding Houston's brash rootlessness and civic insecurities" (Douglas Brinkley, New York Times Book Review), In a Narrow Grave offers a timeless portrait of the vividly human, complex, full-blooded Texan.

Biografía del autor:

Larry McMurtry is an award-winning novelist, essayist, and avid bookseller and collector, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay of Brokeback Mountain with cowriter Diana Ossana. Awarded in 2014 the National Humanities Medal for his body of work, his novels include Lonesome Dove and, most recently, The Last Kind Words Saloon. He lives in Archer City, Texas.

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• Verlag: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1631493531
• ISBN 13: 9781631493539
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208