The Crossing

The Border Trilogy, Book Two

De: Cormac McCarthy

Narrado por: Richard Poe

In The Crossing, Cormac McCarthy fulfills the promise of All the Pretty Horses and at the same time gives us a work that is darker and more visionary, a novel with the unstoppable momentum of a classic Western and the elegaic power of a lost American myth.

In the late 1930s, 16-year-old Billy Parham captures a she-wolf that has been marauding his family's ranch. But instead of killing it, he decides to take it back to the mountains of Mexico. With that crossing he begins an arduous and often dreamlike journey into a country where men meet ghosts and violence strikes as suddenly as heat lightning - a world where there is no order "save that which death has put there".

An essential novel by any measure, The Crossing is luminous and appalling, a book that touches, stops, and starts the heart and mind at once.

©1994 Cormac McCarthy (P)2016 Recorded Books

Westerns aren’t my thing

However, there is a way that Mr.McCarthy can force his readers (listeners) to feel what the characters feel and not only empathize but understand. I continue to dig into his writing and continue to enjoy it more with every work.

Another great book by McCarthy

The story was so great about the wolf, and a suprising outcome, but it was only the beginning

Stunning

Cormac...just a miraculous wordsmith.
For me, life changing narrative.
Excellent narration as well.
Didn't want it to end.

Great Book, Great Narration

Cormac McCarthy is one of my favorite authors & have read all of his books several times through the years. I thought I’d revisit The Border Trilogy via audio & the only unfortunate aspect I hadn’t considered is the amount of Spanish that appears throughout these. I don’t read or speak Spanish, but it was MUCH easier to contextualize these passages when actually reading the text. Listening, not so much. There’s a website that translates most of the passages, but it was too difficult to stop listening, look at the translation, then jump back in the story. Other than this, it was a great listen but I’m glad I already had a general idea of what was being conveyed from reading them. If you’ve never read these & don’t have a cursory understanding of Spanish by ear, you might find it frustrating. But the meat of the narrative & philosophy is still beautiful without the context of these passages.

Addictive

Couldn’t stop listening to this audiobook… what a great writer! I’m looking forward to reading the last in this series.

Excellent and tragically sad

Love this book...The images roll thru the mind like a movie. A must read in my opinion.

Read this! The border trilogy is a masterpiece

Cormac! We will miss you!! I learned he passed away this week, and I was very sad. His impact on my life has been unmatched by any other author.
The border trilogy has it all, the dialogue shines as always.
Going to always be thankful that I will always enjoy re reading his novels

I dont understand why

these books arent more popular with young adult readers. I would've liked these better than Harry Potter and Harry Potter is a great series.

Amazing

Another classic in this writer’s venerable canon of tales. Looking forward to reading volume three of the Border Trilogy.

Disappointing and confounding

My husband and I share our Audible reads as our long commutes make Audible much appreciated. Most books pass without much discussion. The Crossing was so confusing and pointless we were surprised as to the great reviews. All the Pretty Horses was powerful, beautifully written and inspiring. The Crossing seemed unable to find a direction, wandering geographically and emotionally. Dreary, it read as the sorry diary of a sad and depressed drifter. Cormac McCarthy is a brilliant writer, perhaps this was written during a difficult time. I’ll likely give the final book a try, I’m hoping for better.