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the orchard keeper
by cormac mccarthy
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About This Item
1985. scarce edition, 1985.
first novel by the acclaimed writer of postapocalyptic and western tales. set during the inter-war period in tennessee, "the orchard keeper" follows three characters: an old man, a younger man, and a boy. as orville prescott wrote in his 1965 new york times review: "each, in his different way, is a rebel, a rugged individualist and a lone wolf." orville deemed mccarthy's debut "an exasperating book." but, he contended "but the wonder is that in spite of [this] it is also an impressive book.
first novel by the acclaimed writer of postapocalyptic and western tales. set during the inter-war period in tennessee, "the orchard keeper" follows three characters: an old man, a younger man, and a boy. as orville prescott wrote in his 1965 new york times review: "each, in his different way, is a rebel, a rugged individualist and a lone wolf." orville deemed mccarthy's debut "an exasperating book." but, he contended "but the wonder is that in spite of [this] it is also an impressive book.
Synopsis
The Orchard Keeper is the first novel by the American novelist Cormac McCarthy. Like all McCarthy's fiction, it has been heavily influenced by William Faulkner, probably more so than any of his other works. The novel is set in a small, isolated community in Tennessee, during the inter-war period. It is the story of John Wesley Rattner, a young boy, and Marion Sylder, an outlaw and bootlegger, who has killed Rattner's father, a fact to which both are oblivious.The writing of William Faulkner heavily influenced this novel, and it was awarded the 1966 William Faulkner Foundation Award for notable first novel.
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- Title
- the orchard keeper
- Author
- cormac mccarthy
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Date Published
- 1985
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