National Book Award/Pulitzer Prize winner McCarthy's (www.cormacmccarthy.com) 2006 play is, as per this book's subtitle. When college professor White attempts to jump in the path of an oncoming train, he instead lands into the arms of Black, an ex-con redeemed by Christianity who takes White back to his apartment to talk him out of his existential despair. Black gets most of the best lines here, talking rings around White and managing to prolong his stay through various tactics. Ezra Knight and Austin Pendleton voice Black and White, respectively, ably filling their roles. By limiting himself to dialog, McCarthy provides a more frank explication of his bleak philosophy than in his novels. Every collection should at least consider this.—John Hiett, Iowa City P.L.
A recipient of the National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize, Cormac McCarthy has established himself as the rare author whose every work is a cause for celebration. With this novel in dramatic form, McCarthy gives voice to existential dread and ultimate meaning.
¿Like the novelists he admires¿Melville, Dostoyevsky, Faulkner¿Cormac McCarthy has created an imaginative oeuvre greater and deeper than any single book. Such writers wrestle with the gods themselves.¿¿Washington Post Book World
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¿Like the novelists he admires¿Melville, Dostoyevsky, Faulkner¿Cormac McCarthy has created an imaginative oeuvre greater and deeper than any single book. Such writers wrestle with the gods themselves.¿¿Washington Post Book World
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A recipient of the National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize, Cormac McCarthy has established himself as the rare author whose every work is a cause for celebration. With this novel in dramatic form, McCarthy gives voice to existential dread and ultimate meaning.
¿Like the novelists he admires¿Melville, Dostoyevsky, Faulkner¿Cormac McCarthy has created an imaginative oeuvre greater and deeper than any single book. Such writers wrestle with the gods themselves.¿¿Washington Post Book World
¿Like the novelists he admires¿Melville, Dostoyevsky, Faulkner¿Cormac McCarthy has created an imaginative oeuvre greater and deeper than any single book. Such writers wrestle with the gods themselves.¿¿Washington Post Book World
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BN ID: | 2940169302615 |
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Publisher: | Recorded Books, LLC |
Publication date: | 08/27/2010 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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