{"product_id":"cormac-mccarthys-house-9780292744295","title":"Cormac McCarthys House","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovelist Cormac McCarthy’s brilliant and challenging work demands deep engagement from his readers. In \u003ci\u003eCormac McCarthy’s House\u003c\/i\u003e, author, painter, photographer, and actor-director Peter Josyph draws on a wide range of experience to pose provocative, unexpected questions about McCarthy’s work, how it is achieved, and how it is interpreted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a visual artist, Josyph wrestles with the challenge of rendering McCarthy’s former home in El Paso as a symbol of a great writer’s workshop. As an actor and filmmaker, he analyzes the high art of Tommy Lee Jones in \u003ci\u003eThe Sunset Limited\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo Country for Old Men\u003c\/i\u003e. Invoking the recent suicide of a troubled friend, he grapples with the issue of “our brother’s keeper” in \u003ci\u003eThe Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sunset Limited\u003c\/i\u003e. But for Josyph, reading the finest prose-poet of our day is a project into which he invites many voices, and his investigations include a talk with Mark Morrow a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e…for experienced practitioners and well-read fans it unlocks dynamic, disparate terrain. An engaging addition to the ongoing McCarthy conversation, the book is surprising and unique in the best possible ways. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart One: Excursions and Exchanges \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJudging \u003ci\u003eBlood Meridian Or The Evening Redness in the West\u003c\/i\u003e by Its Cover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Walk with Wesley Morgan through Suttree's Knoxville\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieving in \u003ci\u003eThe Sunset Limited\u003c\/i\u003e: A Talk with Tom Cornford on Directing McCarthy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Now Let's Talk about \u003ci\u003eThe Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e\": An Exchange with Marty Priola\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two: The Author as Visual Motif\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCormac McCarthy's House: A Memoir \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter One: Resolution 158\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Two: Finding the Where\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Three: Collaborating with God\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Four: Because the Easel Rocks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Five: San Jacinto Plaza\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Six: Cormac McCarthy's House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue: Two Hemingways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400871125335,"sku":"9780292744295","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292744295.jpg?v=1730471800","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cormac-mccarthys-house-9780292744295","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}