No Country for Old Men -

Cormac McCarthy

Picador

2005

340 páginas

11h 20m

ISBN-13: 9780330440110

McCarthy’s Border Trilogy, distinguished by the award-winning All the Pretty Horses (1992), contains dark Westerns set against beautiful, bleak landscapes. His newest novel updates his character-driven plots and themes of violence and moral ambiguity. Perhaps the true sign of a master is one whose work raises debate—and this is what No Country has done. Most critics praised McCarthy’s clean, simple prose, though a few thought it too spare for such a graceful stylist. ("The man looked at Chigurh’s eyes for the first time. Blue as lapis. At once glistening and opaque. Like wet stones.") Compelling characters (even women) abound, but Sheriff Bell came off as either smart or too long winded. Finally, the violence seemed gratuitous to some. Even if No Country may be a more minor McCarthy novel, it’s still a terrifying page-turner in the vein of the Trilogy.

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5 (Perfeito)

Tão bom quanto o filme

Eu já imaginava que seria bom porque o filme baseado nesta obra é extraordinário. Esta história é carregada de violência e em contraponto tem bastante poesia e reflexões acerca da vida por meio dos pensamentos do Xerife. É a primeira vez que leio algo desde autor, de quem eh sentia muita vontade de conhecer a obra. Quem diria que eu iria ler na língua original. Valeu à pena esperar.