Properties (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Author
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| gptkbp:adaptation |
No Country for Old Men (film)
The Road (film) Child of God (film) All_the_Pretty_Horses_(film) |
| gptkbp:artMovement |
Modernism
Postmodernism Western literature American_literature Southern_literature |
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_for_Fiction
gptkb:James_Tait_Black_Memorial_Prize National Book Award |
| gptkbp:born |
July 20, 1933
|
| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:John_Francis_McCarthy
gptkb:Gail_McCarthy |
| gptkbp:debutYear |
The Orchard Keeper
|
| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:University_of_Tennessee
|
| gptkbp:famousQuote |
“You can’t take it with you.”
“You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.” “The road is all that remains.” “The truth is not always a thing of beauty.” “There is no other place.” |
| gptkbp:genre |
gptkb:Southern_Gothic
Western Post-apocalyptic fiction |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Cormac McCarthy
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| gptkbp:influenced |
Contemporary literature
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway
gptkb:William_Faulkner gptkb:Marilynne_Robinson |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
Complex characters
Moral ambiguity Exploration of existential themes |
| gptkbp:lastProduced |
The Passenger
|
| gptkbp:nationality |
American
|
| gptkbp:notableWork |
All the Pretty Horses
The Road Blood Meridian No Country for Old Men |
| gptkbp:philosophy |
Existentialism
Determinism Fatalism |
| gptkbp:residence |
gptkb:Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico
|
| gptkbp:spouse |
Jennifer_McCarthy
|
| gptkbp:wrote |
Philosophical themes
Sparse prose Violent imagery |