No Country For Old Men

Author : Cormac McCarthy
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307390530

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No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Pdf

From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road comes a "profoundly disturbing and gorgeously rendered" novel (The Washington Post) that returns to the Texas-Mexico border, setting of the famed Border Trilogy. The time is our own, when rustlers have given way to drug-runners and small towns have become free-fire zones. One day, a good old boy named Llewellyn Moss finds a pickup truck surrounded by a bodyguard of dead men. A load of heroin and two million dollars in cash are still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence that not even the law—in the person of aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell—can contain. As Moss tries to evade his pursuers—in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives—McCarthy simultaneously strips down the American crime novel and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning’s headlines. No Country for Old Men is a triumph. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.

Author : Joel Coen,Ethan Coen
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1578068894

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The Coen Brothers by Joel Coen,Ethan Coen Pdf

Collected interviews with the quirky and distinctive writer/director team of such films as Raising Arizona, Intolerable Cruelty, and Barton Fink

Author : Lynnea Chapman King,Rick Wallach,Jim Welsh
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780810867307

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No Country for Old Men by Lynnea Chapman King,Rick Wallach,Jim Welsh Pdf

In 2005, Cormac McCarthy's novel, No Country for Old Men, was published to wide acclaim, and in 2007, Ethan and Joel Coen brought their adaptation of McCarthy's novel to the screen. The film earned praise from critics worldwide and was honored with four Academy Awards', including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. In No Country for Old Men: From Novel to Film, scholars offer varied approaches to both the novel and the award-winning film. Beginning with several essays dedicated entirely to the novel and its place within the McCarthy canon, the anthology offers subsequent essays focusing on the film, the adaptation process, and the Coen Brothers more broadly. The book also features an interview with the Coen brothers' long-time cinematographer Roger Deakins. This entertaining and enriching book for readers interested in the Coen Brothers' films and in McCarthy's fiction is an important contribution to both literature and film studies.

Author : Darnelle Berry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798669024307

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No Country For Old Men by Darnelle Berry Pdf

In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Rather than report the discovery to the police, Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars present for himself. This puts the psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), on his trail as he dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and even employer in his pursuit of his quarry and the money. As Moss desperately attempts to keep one step ahead, the blood from this hunt begins to flow behind him with relentlessly growing intensity as Chigurh closes in. Meanwhile, the laconic Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) blithely oversees the investigation even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to thwart.

Author : Paddy Lyons
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : English literature
ISBN : 3039118412

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No Country for Old Men by Paddy Lyons Pdf

Once a country of emigration and diaspora, in the 1990s Ireland began to attract immigration from other parts of the world: a new citizenry. By the first decade of the twenty-first century, the ratio between GDP and population placed Ireland among the wealthiest nations in the world. The Peace Agreements of the mid-1990s and the advent of power-sharing in Northern Ireland have enabled Ireland's story to change still further. No longer locked into troubles from the past, the Celtic Tiger can now leap in new directions. These shifts in culture have given Irish literature the opportunity to look afresh at its own past and, thereby, new perspectives have also opened for Irish Studies. The contributors to this volume explore these new openings; the essays examine writings from both now and the past in the new frames afforded by new times.

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410319883

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A study guide for Cormac McCarthy's "No Country for Old Men" by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

A study guide for Cormac McCarthy's "No Country for Old Men", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Literary Newsmakers for Students series. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Literary Newsmakers for Students for all of your research needs.

Author : Bright Summaries
Publisher : BrightSummaries.com
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-03
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9782808015998

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No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (Book Analysis) by Bright Summaries Pdf

Unlock the more straightforward side of No Country for Old Men with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy, the story of Llewelyn Moss, a war veteran who stumbles across the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and makes off with a briefcase full of money that he finds at the scene of the carnage. However, this leads to a cross-country pursuit with both law enforcement and the psychopathic hitman Anton Chigurh hot on Moss’s heels. As his world spirals into chaos, Moss’s life turns into a desperate struggle to keep himself and his wife Carla Jean alive. Known for his original and effective writing style, Cormac McCarthy is the multi-award-winning author of several acclaimed novels, including The Road and Blood Meridian. Find out everything you need to know about No Country for Old Men in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: • A complete plot summary • Character studies • Key themes and symbols • Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com? Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you on your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!

Author : Danel Olson
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780810877290

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21st-Century Gothic by Danel Olson Pdf

Selected by a poll of more than 180 Gothic specialists, the fifty-three original works discussed in 21st-Century Gothic represent the most impressive Gothic novels written around the world between 2000-2010.

Author : Inese Vicaka
Publisher : Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783954896660

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McCarthy and the Coens: The Novel versus the Film No Country for Old Men: The Moral Framework of the Novel and the Film by Inese Vicaka Pdf

This book offers an original perspective on the narrative in the film and the novel No Country for Old Men, it also gives a good account on the issue of fidelity that plays an important role in the analysis of the relationship between the film adaptation and its source text, observing whether the Coens have not eradicated the novel’s complex and allegorical essence. The narrative analysis in the book as well involves an observation of the narrator’s point-of-view and its reliability. Besides, the book undeniably proves that the relation of narrative time and narrative space is vital in the comparison of the film adapatation and its source text. The contents of the book may serve as a valuable source for aspiring students and researchers in the area of literary and film studies.

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 1099 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular Gangster Films by Wikipedia contributors Pdf

Author : Manuel Broncano
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317915324

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Religion in Cormac McCarthy’s Fiction by Manuel Broncano Pdf

This book addresses the religious scope of Cormac McCarthy’s fiction, one of the most controversial issues in studies of his work. Current criticism is divided between those who find a theological dimension in his works, and those who reject such an approach on the grounds that the nihilist discourse characteristic of his narrative is incompatible with any religious message. McCarthy’s tendencies toward religious themes have become increasingly more acute, revealing that McCarthy has adopted the biblical language and rhetoric to compose an "apocryphal" narrative of the American Southwest while exploring the human innate tendency to evil in the line of Herman Melville and William Faulkner, both literary progenitors of the writer. Broncano argues that this apocryphal narrative is written against the background of the Bible, a peculiar Pentateuch in which Blood Meridian functions as the Book of Genesis, the Border Trilogy functions as the Gospels, and No Country for Old Men as the Book of Revelation, while The Road is the post-apocalyptic sequel. This book analyzes the novels included in what Broncano defines as the South-Western cycle (from Blood Meridian to The Road) in search of the religious foundations that support the narrative architecture of the texts.

Author : Neil Campbell
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781496209627

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Post-Westerns by Neil Campbell Pdf

During the post-World War II period, the Western, like America's other great film genres, appeared to collapse as a result of revisionism and the emergence of new forms. Perhaps, however, as theorists like Gilles Deleuze suggest, it remains, simply "maintaining its empty frame." Yet this frame is far from empty, as Post-Westerns shows us: rather than collapse, the Western instead found a new form through which to scrutinize and question the very assumptions on which the genre was based. Employing the ideas of critics such as Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, and Jacques Rancière, Neil Campbell examines the haunted inheritance of the Western in contemporary U.S. culture. His book reveals how close examination of certain postwar films--including Bad Day at Black Rock, The Misfits, Lone Star, Easy Rider, Gas Food Lodging, Down in the Valley, and No Country for Old Men--reconfigures our notions of region and nation, the Western, and indeed the West itself. Campbell suggests that post-Westerns are in fact "ghost-Westerns," haunted by the earlier form's devices and styles in ways that at once acknowledge and call into question the West, both as such and in its persistent ideological framing of the national identity and values.

Author : J. Nelson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137373861

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Popular Cinema as Political Theory by J. Nelson Pdf

The book presents cinematic case studies in political realism versus political idealism, demonstrating methods of viewing popular cinema as political theory. The book appreciates political myth-making in popular genres as especially practical and accessible theorizing about politics.

Author : Julie Assouly,collectif,Yvonne-Marie Rogez
Publisher : Editions Ellipses
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9782340060364

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Agrégation anglais 2022. No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy, Ethan et Joel Coen) by Julie Assouly,collectif,Yvonne-Marie Rogez Pdf

Ouvrage de préparation au concours de l’Agrégation. - Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men [2005] - le film No Country for Old Men, réalisé par Ethan et Joel Coen [2007]

Author : Inese Romanova
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9783656465218

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Cormac McCarthy’s "No Country for Old Men": Narrative Elements in Film and Novel by Inese Romanova Pdf

Master's Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 10, , course: Literature Science, language: English, abstract: The present master thesis, ‘Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men – Narative Elements in Film and Novel’, focuses on the comparision of the narrative in the adapted film No Country for Old Men and the literary narrative in the source text by Cormac McCarthy bearing the same tite. Its purpose is to demonstrate various distinctions and similarities of both texts and to prove that the film significantly differs in inventiveness and the style of rendering the story. The theoretical part explains the concepts of narrative, time and space, Bakhtin’ s chronotope, narrative perspective, focalization and the western genre that are essential elements in the analysis of the relationship between the film and the literary fiction narratives. The results confirm the hypothesis of the thesis and demonstrate that the film narrative significantly differs in inventiveness and style the story is rendered, which also plays an important role in the fates of the characters in both stories.