Border Trilogy

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literary work novel series

The Border Trilogy is Cormac McCarthy’s acclaimed three-novel series of Western-themed literary fiction exploring coming-of-age, violence, and moral ambiguity along the U.S.–Mexico border.

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Label	Occurrences
Border Trilogy canonical	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary work ⓘ novel series ⓘ
author	Cormac McCarthy NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	National Book Award for Fiction (for All the Pretty Horses) NERFINISHED ⓘ National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (for All the Pretty Horses) NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	acclaimed ⓘ
firstWork	All the Pretty Horses NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	Western fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation	All the Pretty Horses (2000 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLiteraryForm	novel cycle ⓘ
hasPart	All the Pretty Horses NERFINISHED ⓘ Cities of the Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ The Crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubjectArea	U.S.–Mexico borderlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTargetAudience	adult readers ⓘ
influencedBy	Southern Gothic literature ⓘ classic Western genre ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryMovement	postmodern literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Billy Parham NERFINISHED ⓘ John Grady Cole NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTheme	borderlands NERFINISHED ⓘ coming of age ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ violence ⓘ
narrativeStyle	third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor	depiction of the American West ⓘ lyrical prose ⓘ sparse punctuation ⓘ
numberOfWorks	3 ⓘ
publicationPeriodEnd	1998 ⓘ
publicationPeriodStart	1992 ⓘ
publisher	Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ Picador (UK editions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
secondWork	The Crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingLocation	Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ United States–Mexico border NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	cross-cultural encounters ⓘ death ⓘ fate ⓘ horsemanship ⓘ masculinity ⓘ
thirdWork	Cities of the Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	mid-20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

All the Pretty Horses → series → Border Trilogy ⓘ

Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. → series → Border Trilogy ⓘ

subject surface form: Cormac McCarthy