Stella Maris
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Stella Maris
By (Author) Cormac McCarthy
Pan Macmillan
Picador
13th December 2022
6th December 2022
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Narrative theme: death, grief, loss
Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction
813.54
Physical Properties
Hardback
192
Width 153mm, Height 234mm, Spine 19mm
370g
Description
'One of the greatest American novels of this or any other time' - Guardian GOD. TRUTH. EXISTENCE. Stella Maris is the story of a mathematician, twenty years old, admitted to the hospital with forty thousand dollars in a plastic bag and one request: She does not want to talk about her brother.
Reviews
It's an uncanny, unsettling dream, tuned into the static of the universe * New York Times *
Author Bio
Cormac McCarthy is one of the most enigmatic and reclusive superstars of the modern literary world. Living and writing from El Paso, Texas, he has shunned all requests for interviews, appearances at bookshops or literary festivals.Nonetheless, he remains one of the most admired writers of the last fifty years. His eight novels have received extraordinary reviews, being hailed as masterpieces of American literature. He has won the American National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for All the Pretty Horses, the first book of The Border Trilogy.Cormac McCarthy is the author of twelve novels and a play. All his novels are available in Picador editions. He died in June 2023.
