Child of god

R$ 101,90

Sinopse

Cormac McCarthy plumbs the depths of human degradation in Child of God, his most brutally violent, shocking work. From the author of Blood Meridian and The Road.1960s, Tennessee. Lester Ballard is a violent, solitary and introverted young backwoodsman, dispossessed on his ancestral land. Homeless, indulging in voyeurism, he is accused of rape.When he is released from jail, he begins to haunt the hilly landscape – preying upon its population, unleashing his impulse for sexualised violence.Commonplace humanity becomes grotesque and, as the story hurtles toward its unforgettable conclusion, McCarthy depicts the most sordid aspects of life with empathy and lyricism.'A powerful and talented writer, able to elicit compassion for his protagonist however terrible his action' – Sunday TimesPraise 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'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'[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

Participantes

Autor: Cormac Mccarthy

Autor

CORMAC MCCARTHY

Cormac McCarthy nasceu no estado de Rhode Island, em 1933. Na juventude, serviu à Força Aérea dos Estados Unidos durante quatro anos, e estudou Artes na Universidade do Tennessee. É autor de nove romances, e vencedor do National Book Award e do National Book Critics Circle Award.

Em 40 anos de carreira literária, produziu nove romances, entre eles Todos os Belos Cavalos, A Travessia e Cidade das Planícies, que o autor batizou de Trilogia da Fronteira. Onde os velhos não têm vez, lançado nos Estados Unidos em 2005, está sendo adaptado para o cinema pelos irmãos Joel e Ethan Coen, com estréia prevista para 2007. Avesso a entrevistas, Cormac McCarthy gosta de manter sua privacidade.