Set in the late 1930s, roughly 10 years before "All the Pretty Horses", this book begins in Hidalgo County, the southwest corner of New Mexico hard on the frontier. Into this land comes Billy, his father, mother and baby brother Boyd. This is the second book in the Border trilogy.
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Set in the late 1930s, roughly 10 years before "All the Pretty Horses", this book begins in Hidalgo County, the southwest corner of New Mexico hard on the frontier. Into this land comes Billy, his father, mother and baby brother Boyd. This is the second book in the Border trilogy.
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Add this copy of The Crossing to cart. $13.81, good condition, Sold by Hay-on-Wye Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1994 by Picador.
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Collectible; Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 5x1x9; First UK edition, with full number line and unclipped dustjacket. Has some light general reading/shelfwear-otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK.
Add this copy of The Crossing to cart. $22.39, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Picador.
Add this copy of The Crossing to cart. $40.43, good condition, Sold by Seagull Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hove, EAST SUSSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1994 by Picador.
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Collectible; Good in Good jacket. Size: 5x1x9; First UK edition, with full number line and unclipped dustjacket. Has some light general reading/shelfwear-otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK.
Add this copy of The Crossing (Volume 2) to cart. $42.17, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1994 by Picador.
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Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN: 9780330334624.
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McCarthy paints a wonderful picture of life in the West- a life you would have to experience to describe. This is a book that you read when you have lots of time to absorb the words and let the story wash over you.
Gringotraveler
May 5, 2011
Better than All the Pretty Horses
I love this guy's stories, so simple yet so full of insight from the variety of characters he builds. Can't wait to read the third book.
KLILALY
Sep 11, 2009
The second book in The Border Trilogy. This one examines the life of the hero and his brother through various adventures in Mexico and the states of the USA which border Mexico .A rough map of the area would have been helpful if the mountain ranges and towns visited actually do exist. .The writer tells of every event in great detail and some of his descriptions are haunting and picturesque . The references to recent Mexican history can be a bit confusing for someone who knows absolutely nothing about it. and even the the terminology of the horses saddles assumes we have inside knowledge.
Last but not least the dialogues in Spanish were very annoying and tiring and I ended up just skipping them.
However, I did enjoy the book very much and will be looking out for the third book in the trilogy and other works by the same author.
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tjmccanna
Aug 27, 2009
The Crossing
This book follows in the same language tradition of All the Pretty Horses, using Spanish intermittently without translation throughout the story . I felt absolutely no connection with the protagonist and could not care less for the problems he created for himself. I was not able to get myself to even finish the book. I would not recommend this book.
OleMissGuy
Apr 11, 2009
Cormac
My first exposure to C. McCarthy was Blood Meridian and while I have not read any of the novels sited in Tn, I have read all the others. An author's task is to tell a story and have the reader live it as if there. This book and all the westerns require an adult male to read all the novel at one sitting, as he is that strong a story teller. The only parts that are tedious for me are his occasional conversations in Mexican that run on and on. His descriptions of places and people and happenings are dead on.
One must read all at least once, then never again.
