The Sunset Limited: A Novel in Dramatic Form -- Cormac McCarthy

<p><b>From the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of <i>The Road--</i>a 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.</b></p><p>In that small apartment, "Black" and "White," as the two men are known, begin a conversation that leads each back through his own history, mining the origins of two fundamentally opposing world views. White is a professor whose seemingly enviable existence of relative ease has left him nonetheless in despair. Black, an ex-con and ex-addict, is the more hopeful of the men-though he is just as desperate to convince White of the power of faith as White is desperate to deny it.</p><p>Their aim is no less than this: to discover the meaning of life.</p><p>Deft, spare, and full of artful tension, <i>The Sunset Limited</i> is a beautifully crafted, consistently thought-provoking, and deceptively intimate work by one of the most insightful writers of our time.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Cormac McCarthy<br><b>Publisher:</b> Vintage<br><b>Published:</b> 10/24/2006<br><b>Pages:</b> 160<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.39lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.96h x 5.30w x 0.41d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780307278364<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Kliatt</i> 03/01/2007 pg. 23<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Cormac McCarthy is the author of nine novels, among other literary works. His many honors include the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Ci