upcarta
  • Sign In
  • Sign Up
  • Explore
  • Search

Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)

  • Book
  • May 12, 1998
  • #HistoricalFiction
Cormac McCarthy
@CormacMcCarthy
(Author)
www.goodreads.com
Paperback
4.6/5 698 ratings
Paperback Audiobook
See on Goodreads
4.11/5 20.3k ratings
1 Recommender
1 Mention
1 Ask
The concluding volume of the Border trilogy. In this magnificent new novel, the National Book Award-winning author of All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing fashions a darkly beauti... Show More

The concluding volume of the Border trilogy. In this magnificent new novel, the National Book Award-winning author of All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing fashions a darkly beautiful elegy for the American frontier. It is 1952 and John Grady Cole and Billy Parham are working as ranch hands in New Mexico, not far from the proving grounds of Alamogordo and the cities of El Paso and Juarez. Their life is made up of trail drives and horse auctions and stories told by campfire light. They value that life all the more because they know it is about to change forever.

The change comes when John Grady falls in love with a beautiful, ill-starred Mexican prostitute and sets in motion a chain of events as violent as they are unstoppable. Haunting in its beauty, filled with sorrow, humor, and awe, Cities of the Plain is a genuine American epic.

(From Goodreads)

Show Less

Number of Pages: 292

ISBN: 0679747192

ISBN-13: 9780679747192

Recommend
Post
Save
Complete
Collect
Mentions
See All
Emma Rhr @EmmaRhr · Jul 4, 2022
  • Answered to Best book you’ve ever read in any genre?
  • From Twitter
Asks
See All
  • riddles.eth
    • Ask
    Best book you’ve ever read in any genre?
    114 answers
  • upcarta ©2025
  • Home
  • About
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • @upcarta