Cities of the Plain, the final novel in Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy, delves into the raw and unforgiving landscapes of the American Southwest in the early 1950s. The narrative intertwines themes of love, loss, and inevitable decline, chronicling the lives of cowboys John Grady Cole and Billy Parham as they navigate the harsh realities of a changing world. McCarthy’s prose is stark and poetic, capturing both the brutality and beauty of the plains, while exploring profound questions about fate, loyalty, and the passage of time. This work stands as a poignant meditation on the waning of an era and the complexities of human connection against a vast, indifferent frontier.
Cities of the Plain, the final novel in Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy, delves into the raw and unforgiving landscapes of the American Southwest in the early 1950s. The narrative intertwines themes of love, loss, and inevitable decline, chronicling the lives of cowboys John Grady Cole and Billy Parham as they navigate the harsh realities of a changing world. McCarthy’s prose is stark and poetic, capturing both the brutality and beauty of the plains, while exploring profound questions about fate, loyalty, and the passage of time. This work stands as a poignant meditation on the waning of an era and the complexities of human connection against a vast, indifferent frontier.
Pan Macmillan, 2007 paperback, copy is in good condition, slight foxing to pages otherwise clean internally/externally
