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''All the Pretty Horses'' is a Novel by U.S. author Cormac McCarthy published in 1992 . Its Romanticism (in contrast to the apocalyptic bleakness of McCarthy's earlier work) brought the writer much public attention, spending some time on bestseller charts, earning the U.S. National Book Award . It is also the first of McCarthy's " Border Trilogy ". The book was adapted into a 2000 film with the same name, '' All The Pretty Horses '', starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz , and directed by Billy Bob Thornton . PLOT SUMMARY The novel tells of John Grady Cole, a sixteen year old cowboy, and his best friend, Lacey Rawlins, crossing the border to move south to Mexico . They encounter, among others, a young boy, Jimmy Blevins, whom they befriend, and a young aristocrat's daughter, Alejandra, with whom John Grady Cole falls in love. In Mexico he becomes disillusioned by the atrocities of the world. STYLE All the books of the "Border Trilogy" are written in an unconventional format, omitting traditional Western punctuation, such as quotation marks, and making great use of Polysyndetonic syntax. The reason for this type of syntax is to help with the flow of the passage; such as in the passage about John Grady's return crossing of the border. Here the syntax leads one to the idea that John Grady Cole is one with nature, as his tears blend into the rain. Examples
Such descriptions transcend the scenes they are describing and bring into play McCarthy's deeply spiritual ruminations. In this passage, Cormac reflects on the nature of evil.
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