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The Crossing is a novel by American author Cormac McCarthy, published in 1994 by Alfred A. Knopf.The book is the second installment of McCarthy's "Border Trilogy," following the award-winning All the Pretty Horses (1992), and preceding Cities of the Plain, where the protagonists of both novels work together on a ranch in southern New Mexico.
Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.; July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023) was an American author who wrote twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western, postapocalyptic, and Southern Gothic genres. His works often include graphic depictions of violence, and his writing style is ...
The novel follows Alicia Western, a math prodigy conflicted by her father's contributions to the American development of the atomic bomb. [2] The entire novel is set in 1972 in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, at the titular Stella Maris, "a non-denominational facility and hospice for the care of psychiatric medical patients," as stated on page 3 (the only page that is not written in dialogue).
Cormac McCarthy, who died on Tuesday at the age of 89, is known for the dark and often merciless stories depicted in any of the dozen novels he wrote throughout his life. McCarthy’s inimitable ...
Adapted from McCarthy's 2006 novel. Child of God (2013), co-written and directed by James Franco and premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival. [13] Adapted from McCarthy's 1973 novel. Short films: In 2009, Outer Dark was made into a 15-minute short film (directed by Stephen Imwalle) [14] released on the U.S. festival circuit ...
The Passenger is a 2022 novel by the American writer Cormac McCarthy. [1] It was released six weeks before its companion novel Stella Maris. The plot of both The Passenger and Stella Maris follows Bobby and Alicia Western, two siblings whose father helped develop the atomic bomb. The Passenger is McCarthy's first novel since The Road, sixteen ...
Cormac McCarthy's 'The Passenger' and 'Stella Maris' display his brilliance in full, exploring math, physics and incest in a brother-sister story. Cormac McCarthy, 89, has a new novel — two ...
Cormac McCarthy, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who endured decades of obscurity and poverty before film versions of “All the Pretty Horses,” “No Country for Old Men” and “The Road ...