{"product_id":"a-bloody-and-barbarous-god","title":"A Bloody and Barbarous God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Bloody and Barbarous God\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e investigates the relationship between gnosticism, a system of thought that argues that the cosmos is evil and that the human spirit must strive for liberation from manifest existence, and the perennial philosophy, a study of the highest common factor in all esoteric religions, and how these traditions have influenced the later novels of Cormac McCarthy, namely \u003cem\u003eBlood Meridian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAll the Pretty Horses\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Crossing\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCities of the Plain\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNo Country for Old Men\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Road\u003c\/em\u003e. Mundik argues that McCarthy continually strives to evolve an explanatory theodicy throughout his work and that his novels are, to a lesser or greater extent, concerned with the meaning of human existence in relation to the presence of evil and the nature of the divine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Petra Mundik","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46048208584773,"sku":"BS-LIB-363343","price":48.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2482\/2494\/files\/9780826363343-HD.jpg?v=1792323746","url":"https:\/\/libros787.com\/products\/a-bloody-and-barbarous-god","provider":"Libros787.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}