Horseman, Pass by

by McMurtry, Larry
ISBN: 9781631493553
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A stunning literary debut, Horseman, Pass By (1961) exhibits the "full-blooded Western genius" (Publishers Weekly) that would come to define McMurtry's incomparable sensibility. In the dusty north Texas town of Thalia, young Lonnie Bannon quietly endures the pangs of maturity as a persistent rivalry between his grandfather and step-uncle, Hud, festers, and a deadly disease spreads among their cattle like wildfire.
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: McMurtry, Larry
  • ISBN: 9781631493553
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.20 x 0.60
  • Number Of Pages: 192
  • Publication Year: 2018

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  • Post-World War II Texas Fiction

    Jay P. - 4 years 7 months ago

    Horseman, Pass By follows the young narrator Lonnie as he becomes increasingly caught between the two worlds of industrializing and old-time Texas. I was drawn to the complexity of the story as Lonnie tries to balance the traditional and the modern, embodied in his grandfather and the new, good-time seeking tendencies of his grandfather's stepson Hud. The bleakness of the Texas ranching landscape comes alive in this short story by Larry McMurtry, albeit in a grainy, black and white sort of way. I found aspects of my own psyche contained in the powerful characters. It's a coming of age story in a setting that was itself coming of age as America rode the machinery of war into a dominant position in the world. Inevitably, there would be some that could not adapt to the times and would be destined to be left behind, despite the value of tradition and honor that their way of life held. Horseman, Pass By is gritty and gut-wrenching. A new personal favorite.

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