{"product_id":"9780330518192-sunset-limited","title":"The Sunset Limited","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Novel in Dramatic Form\u003cbr\u003eA rich, philosophical play, probing the deepest questions of human existence, from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Road \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e All the Pretty Horses\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeft, spare, and full of artful tension, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunset Limited\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully crafted play from the legendary Cormac McCarthy, author of \u003ci\u003eNo Country for Old Men \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Blood Meridian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Sunset Limited\u003c\/i\u003e grips from the very first page' – \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA startling encounter on a New York subway platform leads two strangers to a run-down tenement where a life or death decision must be made.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn that small apartment the two men, known as 'Black' and 'White', begin a conversatino that leads each back through his own history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhite is a professor whose seemingly enviable existence of relative ease has left him nonetheless in despair. Black, an ex-con in recovery for drug addiction, is the more hopeful of the men. He is, however, desperate to convince White of the power of faith – while White is desperate to deny it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween them, they hope to discover the meaning of life itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Cormac McCarthy:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Green Road \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Wren, The Wren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/i\u003e and the Dark Tower series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' – Annie Proulx, author of \u003ci\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32001342013537,"sku":"9780330518192","price":7.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27474117.jpg?v=1721808174","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780330518192-sunset-limited","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}