All the Pretty Horses
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First published in 1992, All the Pretty Horses follows sixteen-year-old John Grady Cole, the last in a long line of Texas ranchers, as he finds himself displaced by the passing of the world he has always known. With his friend Lacey Rawlins, he rides south into Mexico in search of freedom and a life beyond the changing American West. Joined along the way by the troubled young Jimmy Blevins, the two boys discover a country of striking beauty and unforgiving realities, where John Grady finds work breaking horses on a great ranch and falls in love with its owner’s daughter, Alejandra.
The first volume of McCarthy’s Border Trilogy, the novel is at once a coming-of-age story, a Western adventure and a meditation on the loss of innocence. Its lyrical, often biblical prose gives the landscapes of the borderlands an almost mythic presence, while its young protagonist confronts the distance between romantic ideals and the demands of the world. Winner of both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, All the Pretty Horses marked a turning point in McCarthy’s career, bringing his distinctive vision to a wider readership without diminishing its moral complexity or poetic force.
From the book
“He loved her with a love that he could neither control nor understand.”
— Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses
On All the Pretty Horses
“A book of remarkable beauty and strength, the work of a master in perfect command of his medium.”
— Kurt Tidmore, The Washington Post