“Cormac McCarthy’s Last Outlaws” and “Glanton’s Horse”—two newly released books—are probably going to generate significant discussion. Both are authored by Peter Josyph, the eclectic Cormac McCarthy scholar known for blending genres and thinking outside the box. Josyph is far more than just a McCarthy enthusiast: he’s the author of a dozen books, as well as an accomplished painter, photographer, and film director. Among McCarthy fans, he’s best known for his insightful works Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy and Cormac McCarthy’s House: Reading McCarthy without Walls, along with a series of paintings inspired by McCarthy’s work. He also designed original posters for the national Cormac McCarthy conference organized by The Cormac McCarthy Society.
“Cormac McCarthy’s Last Outlaws”, published by McFarland ($49.95), explores McCarthy’s collaboration with director Ridley Scott on the controversial screenplay The Counselor, and also delves into McCarthy’s final literary work, The Passenger. In Josyph’s own words:
“Having interpreted in music, painting, film, lectures, and three previous books the man he calls ‘our Rhode Island Shakespeare,’ the author draws on a wide range of sources from theatre, cinema, philosophy, and literature for an unsparing critique of what he calls Late McCarthy, and of trends in recent Cormac McCarthy criticism.”
“Glanton’s Horse” may hold even greater appeal for collectors. This enigmatic work of fiction is described in the author’s preface with characteristic mystique:
“The small scripts forming the main body of this book are not the Dead Sea Scrolls; no, but I, for one, feel no reluctance in announcing their importance, although it will take at least another few decades for us to properly realize the scope of their potential.”
The book has a very limited print run—only 54 copies—26 of which are lettered and signed by Josyph, priced at $40 and $175 respectively. It is published on heavy Cougar paper with Fabriano covers, by Ivesian Arts Publishing, which recently released Josyph’s The Wrong Reader’s Guide to Cormac McCarthy: All The Pretty Horses. The book can be ordered directly from their website: https://ivesian-arts.square.site/
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2 Responses
From: The Publisher, Ivesian Arts, RE: Glanton’s Horse:
This Cormac McCarthy related book written by Peter Josyph, and published by Ivesian Arts is enigmatic, indeed, but “work of fiction” ?
I have scoured every printed word of this beautifully published (if we do say so ourselves) work, and can find no reference or categorization of GH as a work of fiction.
But thanks to Umberto and THE McCARTHYIST for putting the word out!!
That’s probably what a publisher would have to say. However, as soon as the first copies will be in the readers’ hands, the secret is going to be solved…. But thanks to Raymond for publishing beautiful books.