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Find Terms of Endearment Larry McMurtry in PDF, EPUB, ebook, audiobook, print, or library editions.
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Depicting both the historical frontier and the shifting landscapes of small-town Texas, fiction set in the American West was fundamentally reshaped by unsentimental realism and complex character studies. Novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry brought a fresh perspective to Western literature, stripping away heroic romanticism to examine the human costs of ranching life and modern provincial transition. His 1985 epic Lonesome Dove earned the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and remains a defining portrait of nineteenth-century cattle drives and frontier companionship.
Beyond his celebrated Western sagas, McMurtry crafted intimate domestic portraits of mid-century and contemporary Texas life. His 1975 novel Terms of Endearment examined the complex, humorous, and tragic dynamics between a mother and daughter, demonstrating a breadth that stretched seamlessly from historical epics to modern character dramas.
Born on June 3, 1936, in Wichita Falls, Texas, McMurtry was raised in Archer City on his family's ranch. He pursued his education at North Texas State College, earning a bachelor's degree in 1958, followed by a master's degree from Rice University in 1960. He continued his literary training as a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and later held teaching positions at Texas Christian University, Rice University, George Mason College, and American University. Alongside his writing, he worked as a book reviewer, book scout, and antiquarian book dealer, co-founding the bookstore Booked Up.
Over a career spanning six decades, McMurtry authored more than thirty novels, along with memoirs, essay collections, and approximately fifty screenplays. Film and television adaptations of his books garnered widespread acclaim, earning thirty-four Oscar nominations and thirteen wins across cinematic releases. In 2005, McMurtry co-wrote the screenplay adaptation for Brokeback Mountain, earning an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. He passed away on March 25, 2021, in Tucson, Arizona.
McMurtry's prose is characterized by an unsentimental approach to the American West, deliberate subversion of traditional frontier mythologies, and acute psychological observation. His narrative style balances clear-eyed realism with dry humor, focusing on individual isolation, aging, and the quiet dissolution of traditional rural ways of life. Whether detailing nineteenth-century trail drivers or contemporary small-town residents, his work emphasizes authentic dialogue and complex interpersonal relationships rather than idealized heroics.
2 books in catalog
Depicting both the historical frontier and the shifting landscapes of small-town Texas, fiction set in the American West was fundamentally reshaped by unsentimental realism and complex character studies. Novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry brought a fresh perspective to Western literature, stripping away heroic romanticism to examine the human costs of ranching life and modern provincial transition. His 1985 epic Lonesome Dove earned the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and remains a defining portrait of nineteenth-century cattle drives and frontier companionship.
Beyond his celebrated Western sagas, McMurtry crafted intimate domestic portraits of mid-century and contemporary Texas life. His 1975 novel Terms of Endearment examined the complex, humorous, and tragic dynamics between a mother and daughter, demonstrating a breadth that stretched seamlessly from historical epics to modern character dramas.
Born on June 3, 1936, in Wichita Falls, Texas, McMurtry was raised in Archer City on his family's ranch. He pursued his education at North Texas State College, earning a bachelor's degree in 1958, followed by a master's degree from Rice University in 1960. He continued his literary training as a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and later held teaching positions at Texas Christian University, Rice University, George Mason College, and American University. Alongside his writing, he worked as a book reviewer, book scout, and antiquarian book dealer, co-founding the bookstore Booked Up.
Over a career spanning six decades, McMurtry authored more than thirty novels, along with memoirs, essay collections, and approximately fifty screenplays. Film and television adaptations of his books garnered widespread acclaim, earning thirty-four Oscar nominations and thirteen wins across cinematic releases. In 2005, McMurtry co-wrote the screenplay adaptation for Brokeback Mountain, earning an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. He passed away on March 25, 2021, in Tucson, Arizona.
McMurtry's prose is characterized by an unsentimental approach to the American West, deliberate subversion of traditional frontier mythologies, and acute psychological observation. His narrative style balances clear-eyed realism with dry humor, focusing on individual isolation, aging, and the quiet dissolution of traditional rural ways of life. Whether detailing nineteenth-century trail drivers or contemporary small-town residents, his work emphasizes authentic dialogue and complex interpersonal relationships rather than idealized heroics.
