Llewelyn Moss, hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, stumbles upon a transaction gone horribly wrong. Finding bullet-ridden bodies, several kilos of heroin, and a caseload of cash, he faces a choice leave the scene as he found it, or cut the money and run. Choosing the latter, he knows, will change everything. And so begins a terrifying chain of events, in which each participan...
Llewelyn Moss, hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, stumbles upon a transaction gone horribly wrong. Finding bullet-ridden bodies, several kilos of heroin, and a caseload of cash, he faces a choice leave the scene as he found it, or cut the money and run. Choosing the latter, he knows, will change everything. And so begins a terrifying chain of events, in which each participant seems determined to answer the question that one asks another: how does a man decide in what order to abandon his life? 'No Country for Old Men is a compelling, harrowing, disturbing, sad, endlessly surprising and resonant novel' Robert Edric, Spectator 'No Country for Old Men is a severed head and shoulders over anything else written in America this year' Independent on Sunday 'A fast, powerful read, steeped with a deep sorrow about the moral degradation of the legendary American West' Lionel Shriver
I prefer the novel over my beloved film director duo Coens’ masterpiece. You have to read the English version. It’s too tremendous to translate into other languages. The pace, the sounds of them talki...I prefer the novel over my beloved film director duo Coens’ masterpiece. You have to read the English version. It’s too tremendous to translate into other languages. The pace, the sounds of them talking, the choices of words, all are mesmerizing.(展开)
W. B. Yeats, “Sailing to Byzantium”/Things happen to you they happen./When you’re a big time desperado the sky’s the limit./Most people’ll run from their own mother to get to hug death by the neck./Th...W. B. Yeats, “Sailing to Byzantium”/Things happen to you they happen./When you’re a big time desperado the sky’s the limit./Most people’ll run from their own mother to get to hug death by the neck./The dead soldier is a good soldier./You’ve said that it’s real and not just in your head. OTHERNESS/desert of mercantile ethics/promise, fire, awakening(展开)
It was defeat. It was being beaten. More bitter to him than death. 正义、道德、秩序,哪怕是守序邪恶,在Mammon面前都不是对手,也只能在梦里,跟随父亲手执的希望之火,然后醒来。话说这本是40块在孔夫子旧书网买的,基本全新,拿在手上无比舒适。
1 有用 旭亮搜神记 2023-12-06 10:28:46 美国
I prefer the novel over my beloved film director duo Coens’ masterpiece. You have to read the English version. It’s too tremendous to translate into other languages. The pace, the sounds of them talki... I prefer the novel over my beloved film director duo Coens’ masterpiece. You have to read the English version. It’s too tremendous to translate into other languages. The pace, the sounds of them talking, the choices of words, all are mesmerizing. (展开)
0 有用 鹭纳醍 2022-11-18 10:58:17 北京
W. B. Yeats, “Sailing to Byzantium”/Things happen to you they happen./When you’re a big time desperado the sky’s the limit./Most people’ll run from their own mother to get to hug death by the neck./Th... W. B. Yeats, “Sailing to Byzantium”/Things happen to you they happen./When you’re a big time desperado the sky’s the limit./Most people’ll run from their own mother to get to hug death by the neck./The dead soldier is a good soldier./You’ve said that it’s real and not just in your head. OTHERNESS/desert of mercantile ethics/promise, fire, awakening (展开)
0 有用 大风起 2020-07-24 10:17:24
It was defeat. It was being beaten. More bitter to him than death. 正义、道德、秩序,哪怕是守序邪恶,在Mammon面前都不是对手,也只能在梦里,跟随父亲手执的希望之火,然后醒来。话说这本是40块在孔夫子旧书网买的,基本全新,拿在手上无比舒适。
0 有用 阿西 2025-11-04 10:11:47 加拿大
跟着麦卡锡学动词使用,每个单词都选的太精准了。对话不加引号(which被萨利鲁尼学过去了),加强了这种冷峻的风格。作为著名的风格家,少即是多的现代传承人,跟着学动词是最好的。这比电影还精彩,跟科恩兄弟的确绝配。
0 有用 Claire C. W. 2022-05-17 10:30:24