Synopsis
'A drought-busting, brain-vexing double act’ – Guardian
Alicia Western is the following: Twenty years old. A brilliant mathematician at the University of Chicago. And a paranoid schizophrenic who does not want to talk about her brother, Bobby.
Told entirely through the transcripts of Alicia’s psychiatric sessions, Cormac McCarthy's Stella Maris is a profoundly moving companion to The Passenger. It is a powerful enquiry that questions our notions of God, truth, and life itself.
‘Cormac McCarthy was such a virtuoso, his language was so rich and new . . . his books were terrifying and absolute. His sentences were astonishing.’ - Anne Enright
Details
28 September 2023208 pages
9780330457453Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Remarkable… a staggering achievementScotsman
His sentences have the solidity of stones and the clarity of diamondsFinancial Times
A true work of literature… If McCarthy’s goal was for these books to haunt readers long after they are set aside, then he has succeeded.LA Review of Books
Remarkable… [Stella Maris] harmonises both sadly and gorgeously with its recent predecessor. Side by side, both novels affirm the extraordinary poetry and strangeness of McCarthy’s visionSydney Morning Herald
