In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas

Larry McMurtry

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Before embarking on what would become one of the most prominent writing careers in American literature, spanning decades and indelibly shaping the nation's perception of the West, Larry McMurtry knew what it meant to come from Texas. Originally published in 1968, In a Narrow Grave is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's homage to the past and present of the Lone Star State, where he grew up a precociously observant hand on his father's ranch. From literature to rodeos, small-town folk to big city intellectuals, McMurtry explores all the singular elements that define his land and community, revealing the surprising and particular challenges in the "dying . . . rural, pastoral way of life." "The gold standard for understanding Houston's brash rootlessness and civic insecurities" (Douglas Brinkley, New York Times Book Review), In a Narrow Grave offers a timeless portrait of the vividly human, complex, full-blooded Texan.

Book Details

Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Publish Date: May 29th, 2018
Pages: 208
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.50in - 0.60in - 0.40lb
EAN: 9781631493539
Categories: • Essays• United States - State & Local - Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)

About the Author

McMurtry, Larry: - Larry McMurtry was an award-winning novelist, essayist, and avid bookseller and collector, who received an Academy Award with cowriter Diana Ossana for the screenplay of Brokeback Mountain and wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove.