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True Grit : A Novel by Charles Portis (2012, Mass Market)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAbrams, Inc.
ISBN-101468306294
ISBN-139781468306293
eBay Product ID (ePID)143558806
Product Key Features
Book TitleTrue Grit : a Novel
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Westerns, Humorous / General
Publication Year2012
GenreFiction
AuthorCharles Portis
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight4.8 Oz
Item Length6.8 in
Item Width4.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsRollicking . . . a beaut narrated in the unforgettable voice of Mattie Ross . . . Portis has crazy-cool literary swagger., Charles Portis is an original, indescribable sui generis talent . . . Rereading Portis is one of the great pure pleasures--both visceral and cerebral--available in modern American literature., "A wonderful book.... That's really what the Coens are referencing, and that's what I'm doing as well" -Jeff Bridges "An epic and a legend." - The Washington Post "Like Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Thomas Berger's Little Big Man, Charles Portis's True Grit captures the naïve elegance of the American voice." -Jonathan Lethem "An instant classic….Read it and have the most fun you've had reading a novel in years, maybe decades." - Newsday "Skillfully constructed, a comic tour de force." - The New York Times Book Review "I loved that book. Charles Portis got a real Mark Twain feeling, the cynicism and the humor. I tried to buy the book myself." -John Wayne "Mattie Ross is an authentic heroinelean, mean, articulate and downright inspirational" - The Washington Times, "A wonderful book.... That's really what the Coens are referencing, and that's what I'm doing as well" --Jeff Bridges "An epic and a legend." -- The Washington Post "Like Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Thomas Berger's Little Big Man, Charles Portis's True Grit captures the nave elegance of the American voice." --Jonathan Lethem "An instant classic....Read it and have the most fun you've had reading a novel in years, maybe decades." -- Newsday "Skillfully constructed, a comic tour de force." -- The New York Times Book Review "I loved that book. Charles Portis got a real Mark Twain feeling, the cynicism and the humor. I tried to buy the book myself." --John Wayne "Mattie Ross is an authentic heroine--lean, mean, articulate and downright inspirational" -- The Washington Times, "A wonderful book.... That's really what the Coens are referencing, and that's what I'm doing as well" --Jeff Bridges "An epic and a legend." -- The Washington Post "Like Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Thomas Berger's Little Big Man, Charles Portis's True Grit captures the naïve elegance of the American voice." --Jonathan Lethem "An instant classic....Read it and have the most fun you've had reading a novel in years, maybe decades." -- Newsday "Skillfully constructed, a comic tour de force." -- The New York Times Book Review "I loved that book. Charles Portis got a real Mark Twain feeling, the cynicism and the humor. I tried to buy the book myself." --John Wayne "Mattie Ross is an authentic heroine--lean, mean, articulate and downright inspirational" -- The Washington Times, How to describe the indescribable? Probably the best description I can give of True Grit is that I've never given it to any reader -- male or female, of any age or sensibility -- who didn't enjoy it.
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Afterword byTartt, Donna
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisThe #1 New York Times bestselling classic frontier adventure novel, with over two million copies in print True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 in cash. Mattie leaves home to avenge her father's blood. With the one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest available U.S. Marshal, by her side, Mattie pursues the homicide into Indian Territory. First brought to the big screen in the classic 1969 western starring John Wayne and remade brilliantly in 2010 by the Coen brothers and starring Jeff Bridges, True Grit is eccentric, cool, straight, and unflinching, like Mattie herself. From a writer of true status, this is an American classic through and through. This mass-market edition includes an afterword by bestselling author Donna Tartt., Charles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America's foremost writers. True Grit is the basis for two movies, the 1969 classic starring John Wayne and the Academy Award® winning 2010 version starring Jeff Bridges and written and directed by the Coen brothers., True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 in cash. Mattie leaves home to avenge her father's blood. With the one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest available U.S. Marshal, by her side, Mattie pursues the homicide into Indian Territory. True Grit is eccentric, cool, straight, and unflinching, like Mattie herself. From a writer of true status, this is an American classic through and through. This mass-market edition includes an afterword by award-winning Donna Tartt, author of The Little Friend and The Secret History.
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- 06 Apr, 2016
Good book
Good book. Shows all the content that both movies had.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 21 May, 2019
Good, fast read.
A fast read. Beautifully written but a bit over done at times. The characters were likeable. Told as if true. High believability.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 25 Feb, 2023
I gave the book to my son to read.
Loved reading this book. I have watched the movies several times.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 05 Feb, 2020
Best Western
Great book. Great movie.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 24 May, 2021
Good book!
Good book!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
