New Releases by Cormac McCarthy

Korean edition of [Stella Maris] by Cormac McCarthy. A New York Times Bestseller. The second volume of The Passenger series, from The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of [The Road]. An intimate portrait of grief and longing, as a young woman in a psychiatric facility seeks to understand her own existence. Korean edition translated by Jeong Yeong Mok.

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The second volume of The Passenger series, from The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road • An intimate portrait of grief and longing, as a young woman in a psychiatric facility seeks to understand her own existence. "The richest and strongest work of McCarthy’s career…An achievement greater than Blood Meridian…or…The Road.” —The Atlantic 1972, BLACK RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN: Alicia Western, twenty years old, with forty thousand dollars in a plastic bag, admits herself to the hospital. A doctoral candidate in mathematics at the University of Chicago, Alicia has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, and she does not want to talk about her brother, Bobby. Instead, she contemplates the nature of madness, the human insistence on one common experience of the world; she recalls a childhood where, by the age of seven, her own grandmother feared for her; she surveys the intersection of physics and philosophy; and she introduces her cohorts, her chimeras, the hallucinations that only she can see. All the while, she grieves for Bobby, not quite dead, not quite hers. Told entirely through the transcripts of Alicia’s psychiatric sessions, Stella Maris is a searching, rigorous, intellectually challenging coda to The Passenger, a philosophical inquiry that questions our notions of God, truth, and existence.

L’apocalypse a eu lieu. Le monde est dévasté, couvert de cendres. Un père et son fils errent sur une route, poussant un caddie rempli d’objets hétéroclites et de vieilles couvertures. Ils sont sur leurs gardes car le danger peut surgir à tout moment. Ils affrontent la pluie, la neige, le froid. Et ce qui reste d’une humanité retournée à la barbarie. Cormac McCarthy raconte leur odyssée dans ce récit dépouillé à l’extrême. Prix Pulitzer 2007, La Route s’est vendu à plus de deux millions d’exemplaires aux États-Unis. « Héritier de la Bible et de Shakespeare, de Hawthorne et de Faulkner, archaïque, lyrique et visionnaire, sensible à la beauté du monde, McCarthy est hanté par la violence des hommes et la question du Mal. » Nathalie Crom, Télérama Traduit de l’anglais (États-Unis) par François Hirsch.

En ung dreng stikker af hjemmefra og slutter sig til John Joel Glantons bande, der i midten af 1800-tallet jager krigsførende apacheindianere på grænsen mellem Texas og Mexico. Snart myrder de også fredelige indianere, mexicanske soldater, uskyldige civile og alle andre, der kommer i vejen. Hurtigt bliver drengen suget ind i en mareridtsagtig verden, hvor vold dominerer, og markedet for indianerskalpe blomstrer. I baggrunden truer den dæmoniske dommer Holden. Han har et barns uskyldige ansigt, ikke et hår på kroppen, en utæmmet tilbøjelighed til vold og en endeløs viden om den verden, han rider hærgende igennem. BLODETS MERIDIAN, Cormac McCarthys hovedværk, baserer sig på virkelige begivenheder under Amerikas ekspansion mod vest.

''His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power'' - Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series ''All the Pretty Horses is indisputably a masterpiece'' - Financial Times 1949. At sixteen years-old, John Grady Cole is the last bewildered survivor of long generations of Texas ranchers. Finding himself cut off from the only life he has ever wanted, he sets out for Mexico with his friend Lacey Rawlins. Befriending a third boy on the way, they find a country beyond their imagining: barren and beautiful, rugged yet cruelly civilized; a place where dreams are paid for in blood. A grand love story, Cormac McCarthy''s novel is about the passing of childhood, of innocence and a vanished American age. Steeped in the wisdom that comes only from loss, it is a magnificent parable of responsibility, revenge and survival. ''One of the greatest American novels of this or any time'' - Guardian ''[A] totalizing reality, where meditation and resistance are two components of one reality, a destiny of wandering the borderlands of the U.S. and Mexico in the postwar twentieth century'' - Rachel Kushner, author of The Mars Room Adapted into a film starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz. All the Pretty Horses is followed in the Border Trilogy by The Crossing and Cities of the Plain. Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature. Praise for Cormac McCarthy: ''McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute'' - Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and The Wren, The Wren ''[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence'' - Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain

In Cities of the Plain, two men marked by the boyhood adventures of All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing now stand together, between their vivid pasts and uncertain futures, to confront a country changing beyond recognition. In the fall of 1952, John Grady Cole and Billy Parham are cowboys on a New Mexico ranch encroached upon from the north by the military. On the southern horizon are the mountains of Mexico, where one of the men is drawn again and again, in this story of friendships and passion, to a love as dangerous as it is inevitable. ''In a lovely and terrible landscape of natural beauty and impending loss we find John Grady; a young cowboy of the old school, trusted by men and horses, and a fragile young woman, whose salvation becomes his obsession . . . McCarthy makes the sweeping plains a miracle'' Scotsman ''This haunting, deeply felt novel completes one of the literary masterworks of the 1990s'' Daily Telegraph ''The completed trilogy emerges as a landmark in American literature'' GuardianThis edition is part of the Picador Collection, a new list of the best in contemporary literature published in Picador''s 50th Anniversary year. McCarthy''s eagerly anticipated new novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris, will be published by Picador in October 2022.

Ein wort- und bildmächtiger Western. Karg und poetisch zugleich. John Grady Cole arbeitet auf einer Ranch in der Nähe von El Paso. In den Nachtbars und Bordellen hinter der mexikanischen Grenze findet er die Frau seines Lebens: Magdalena, eine schöne Hure, zart und zerbrechlich. Doch sie gehört Eduardo, dem philosophierenden Zuhälter und Messerhelden. Und Magdalena ist um keinen Preis verkäuflich, es sei denn, um den des Todes. Der abschließende Band der Border-Trilogie.

A dispossessed young man joins the Glanton gang, a band of bloodthirsty mercenaries who massacred Native Americans and others along the border of Mexico and the United States during the 1800s.

Um marco da literatura norte-americana, Meridiano de sangue é um épico inesquecível e brutal sobre o Oeste americano — um lugar violento e imprevisível, onde real e imaginário se fundem em uma história com dimensões apocalípticas. Meridiano de sangue é um romance épico. Nele, McCarthy reinventa a mitologia do Oeste americano para criar uma obra ao mesmo tempo grandiosa e arrebatadora sobre uma terra sem lei, em que o absurdo e a alucinação se sobrepõem à realidade. Desde as primeiras páginas, o leitor acompanha um rapaz sem nome e sem família, abandonado à própria sorte num mundo brutal em que, para sobreviver, precisa ser tão ou mais violento que seus inimigos. Recrutado por uma companhia de mercenários a serviço de governantes locais, atravessa regiões desérticas entre o México e o Texas com a missão de matar o maior número possível de índios e trazer de volta seus escalpos. McCarthy parte de fatos reais para compor uma obra que transcende a ficção histórica. Conduzidos por John Joel Glanton e o juiz Holden, homens que julgam já terem visto todos os horrores possíveis, irão aos poucos se aprofundar no verdadeiro inferno. "Um clássico romance americano sobre a regeneração por meio da violência [...]. McCarthy só pode ser comparado aos nossos maiores escritores." — Michael Herr "McCarthy é um autor para ser lido, admirado e, com toda a honestidade, invejado." — Ralph Ellison "Nenhum outro romancista americano vivo, nem mesmo Pynchon, nos deu um livro tão forte e memorável como Meridiano de sangue." — Harold Bloom

Achever cette louve prisonnière du piège qu''il a posé est au-dessus des forces de Billy. Sa décision est prise : il quittera le ranch familial pour la ramener sur sa terre natale. De l''Arizona au Mexique, la route est longue et périlleuse. Il faut franchir la frontière, le grand passage, et pénétrer dans un monde de hors-la-loi, où la révolution gronde... Le moment est venu de faire face à la sauvagerie des hommes.

‘Wat een prachtig boek. Het knappe van McCarthy is dat hij veel dreiging tussen de regels door laat voelen [...]. Boven alles heeft De weg een geweldige stijl, pakkende personages en genoeg materiaal om een avond lang over te praten.’ – Ionica Smeets in de Volkskrant Nadat er een gloeiende vuurzee over het land is geraasd, doorkruisen een man en zijn zoontje het doodse Amerikaanse landschap. In deze met as bedekte, vergane wereld volgen zij de weg naar het zuiden. Het enige wat hen rest is te overleven in de snijdende kou, zonder elkaar te verliezen. Ze zijn alles voor elkaar. De weg is een bespiegeling over de dunne scheidslijn tussen beschaving en woestenij, en over de alomvattende en soms beangstigende liefde die een kind voor zijn ouders voelt. Een ijzingwekkend meesterwerk.

Cormac McCarthya kauneimmillaan. John Grady on vasta kuudentoista kun kotitila Texasissa myydään ja hän lähtee kaverinsa Rawlinsin kanssa ratsain kohti Meksikoa etsimään uutta elämää. Nuoret miehet kohtaavat matkallaan ihmisen koko raakuuden ja jalouden ja oppivat että liian hyvä hevonen on vaaraksi - mutta ei niin suureksi kuin rakkaus. McCarthyn Rajatrilogian ensimmäisessä osassa tarina kaartuu jylhästi, ja Kaijamari Sivillin suomennos hehkuu samoissa väreissä. Kaikki kauniit hevoset sai Yhdysvaltain National Book Award ja National Book Critics Circle Award -palkinnot ja nosti tekijänsä maailmanmaineeseen. Cormac McCarthy (s. 1933) lukeutuu Yhdysvaltain merkittävimpiin nykykirjailijoihin. Kuudes romaani Kaikki kauniit hevoset (1992) toi hänelle kansainvälistä huomiota, jonka sinetöi Pulitzer-palkinto romaanista Tie vuonna 2007. McCarthy tunnetaan erityisesti etelän rajaseutujen karunkauniin maiseman ja väkivallan leimaaman elämän runollisena kuvaajana.

Rajatrilogian dramaattinen keskiosa Eletään 30-luvun loppua ja 16-vuotias Billy Parham opettelee sudenmetsästäjäksi. Ymmärrys kasvaa niin, että poika ei voikaan tappaa tiinettä naarassutta vaan päättää viedä sen Meksikoon, vapauteen. Hän karkaa kotoa ja lähtee oudossa seurassa kohti tuntematonta. Kotiinpaluu Uuteen-Meksikoon paljastaa riutuneelle Billylle, että kodista ja perheestä on jäljellä vain pari vuotta nuorempi veli Boyd. Elossa ovat ehkä myös perheen hevoset. Meksikossa. Hakumatka tietää kauneutta, väkivaltaa ja kuolemaa, palaajalle jää tehtäväksi kaivaa hautoja rakkailleen. Mutta tarina jatkuu.

Die Welt nach dem Ende der Welt Ein Mann und ein Kind schleppen sich durch ein verbranntes Amerika. Nichts bewegt sich in der zerstörten Landschaft, nur die Asche schwebt im Wind. Es ist eiskalt, der Schnee schimmert grau. Sie haben kaum etwas bei sich: ihre Kleider am Leib, einen Einkaufswagen mit der nötigsten Habe und einen Revolver mit zwei Schuss Munition. Ihr Ziel ist die Küste, obwohl sie nicht wissen, was sie dort erwartet. Die Geschichte der beiden ist eine düstere Parabel auf das Leben, und sie erzählt von der herzzerreißenden Liebe eines Vaters zu seinem Sohn.

The first screenplay by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road tells the saga of rival families in post-Civil War South Carolina. Set in Graniteville, South Carolina, The Gardener’s Son is a tale of privilege and hardship, animosity and vengeance. The McEvoys, a poor family beset by misfortune, must work in the cotton mill owned by the Greggs. But when Robert McEvoy loses his leg in an accident—rumored to have been caused by his nemesis, James Gregg—the bitter young man deserts his job and family. Two years later, Robert returns. His mother is dying, and his father, the mill’s gardener, is confined indoors working the factory line. These intertwined events stoke the slow burning rage McEvoy has long carried, a fury that erupts in a terrible act of violence that ultimately consumes the Gregg family and his own. Made into an acclaimed film broadcast on PBS in 1976, The Gardener’s Son received two Emmy Award nominations and was screened at the Berlin and Edinburgh Film Festivals.

Zwei junge Ausreißer, John und Lacey, sind auf dem Weg nach Mexiko, um dort ein besseres, einfacheres Leben zu finden. Sie träumen von Abenteuern, heißblütigen Pferden und unberührter Natur. Doch sie geraten in eine archaische Welt, in der eine gnadenlose Gerechtigkeit gilt. Band eins der Border-Trilogie. «Eine wunderbare Liebesgeschichte. Und ein Buch über den Verlust von Kindheit und Unschuld, den Verlust auch des großen amerikanischen Traums der grenzenlosen Freiheit.» (Der Spiegel)

From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road—in this screenplay of the major motion picture, the Counselor makes a risky entrée into the drug trade, on the eve of becoming a married man, and gambles that the consequences won’t catch up to him. Along the gritty terrain of the Texas–Mexico border, a respected and recently engaged lawyer throws his stakes into a cocaine trade worth millions. His hope is that it will be a one-time deal and that, afterward, he can settle into life with his beloved fiancée. But instead, the Counselor finds himself mired in a brutal and dangerous game—one that threatens to destroy everything and everyone he loves. Deft, shocking, and unforgettable, McCarthy is at his finest in this gripping tale about risk, consequence, and the treacherous balance between the two.

«Perché McCarthy è stato spesso paragonato a William Faulkner, a Mark Twain, a Herman Melville? La risposta sta tutta in Oltre il confine : perché al pari di questi autori, scrive magnificamente. Oltre il confine è un miracolo in prosa». «The New York Times Book Review»

El guardián del vergel , la primera novela de Cormac McCarthy, autor de La carretera por la que ganó en 2007 el premio Pulitzer, es ya un clásico de la literatura estadounidense. Situada en una pequeña y remota comunidad rural de Tennessee en el período de entreguerras, nos habla de la vida de John Wesley Rattner, un muchacho, y de Marion Sylder, un vagabundo fuera de la ley que ha matado al padre del chico, aunque ninguno de los dos lo sabe. Ambos, junto a Ather, el tío de Rattner, protagonizarán un drama que parece nacer de las entrañas de la tierra. Reseña: «Una compleja y evocativa reflexión sobre la futilidad de la vida.» Harper''s

*Premio Pulitzer 2007 por La carretera* Una relectura de mitos universales en la que muy curiosamente resuenan ecos de la mejor literatura popular: incesto, fuga, bosque y extravío, reencuentro y venganza. La oscuridad exterior es una novela con tono de fábula enormemente evocadora que se desarrolla en un lugar indeterminado de la cordillera de los Apalaches y en una época próxima al paso del siglo XIX al XX. Una mujer da a luz al hijo de su propio hermano; este abandona al bebé en el bosque y le dice que el niño ha muerto por causa natural. Al descubrir la mentira de su hermano, ella se marcha en solitario para buscar a su hijo. Hasta aproximarse a un final misterioso y apocalíptico, ambos hermanos deambulan por separado por todo el condado mientras son hostigados por tres aterradores y extraños desconocidos. Reseña: «McCarthy es sinónimo de grandeza Literaria.» El País

*Premio Pulitzer 2007 por La carretera* Una magnética historia de perdedores, narcotraficantes y sueños rotos, obra del genial autor de la Trilogía de la frontera. El cazador y veterano de Vietnam Llewelyn Moss descubre por casualidad la sangrienta escena de una carnicería entre narcos en algún lugar de la frontera entre Texas y México. Entre los cuerpos y los paquetes de heroína, descubre también algo más de dos millones de dólares. A partir de este momento comienza la violenta carrera de Moss por escapar de los que quieren darle caza: Wells, ex agente de las Fuerzas Especiales contratado por un poderoso cartel; Anton Chigurh, una implacable máquina de matar, para quien recuperar el dinero de sus jefes es apenas la excusa para descargar una y otra vez su arma y poner en práctica su máxima: no dejar nunca testigos, y un sheriff veterano de la segunda guerra mundial que añora los viejos buenos tiempos y esconde un doloroso secreto que lo mantiene vivo. El resultado es una novela que es «mucho más que un thriller corriente» ( Time Magazine) que «te dejará jadeando y atemorizado» Sam Shepard). La crítica ha dicho... «La mezcla de narrativa lírica, diálogo corto y escenas de acción consigue que en No es país para viejos resuenen ecos de Dostoievski, Hemingway y Faulkner.» Alison Block, Booklist «No hay manera de soltar el libro. Es duro, duro e impactante.» El País

Gli abitanti della contea di Sevier, Tennessee, sono abituati alla violenza della natura, alle tempeste di ghiaccio e alle alluvioni, agli animali da preda che popolano la montagna. Ma quando dal folto dei boschi emerge una creatura mostruosa, vestita di sgargianti abiti femminili, dal volto dipinto, sanno che è arrivato il momento di agire.

Una impresionante e imaginativa fábula moral acerca de la naturaleza de la violencia y la justicia. Una novela épica sobre la violencia y la depravación que acompañaron a la expansión de América hacia el oeste, Meridiano de sangre subvierte espléndidamente las convenciones de la novela occidental y la mitología del “salvaje oeste”. Basada en acontecimientos históricos ocurridos en la frontera de Texas y México alrededor de 1850, traza las fortunas del Chico, un muchacho de Tennessee, que tropieza con el horrible mundo del grupo de Glanton, y su líder espiritual, el llamado juez Holden: un hombre calvo, albino, sin barba, sin pestañas, ni cejas; un hombre violento y cruel que apenas duerme y afirma que jamás morirá.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The second volume of the award-winning Border Trilogy—From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road—fulfills the promise of All the Pretty Horses and at the same time give us a work that is darker and more visionary, a novel with the unstoppable momentum of a classic western and the elegaic power of a lost American myth. In the late 1930s, sixteen-year-old Billy Parham captures a she-wolf that has been marauding his family''s ranch. But instead of killing it, he decides to take it back to the mountains of Mexico. With that crossing, he begins an arduous and often dreamlike journey into a country where men meet ghosts and violence strikes as suddenly as heat-lightning—a world where there is no order "save that which death has put there." An essential novel by any measure, The Crossing is luminous and appalling, a book that touches, stops, and starts the heart and mind at once.