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Outer Dark

Outer Dark is the second novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy, published in 1968. The time and setting are nebulous, but likely take place sometime around the turn of the twentieth century somewhere in Appalachia. The novel tells of a woman named Rinthy who bears her brother's baby. The brother, Culla, leaves the nameless infant in the woods to die…

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Author
Cormac McCarthy
Genre
Novel
Followed by
Child of God
Language
English
Pages
242 (paperback)
Preceded by
The Orchard Keeper

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Outer Dark

Nodes28
Edges27
Triples50
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.071429
Components1

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Outer Dark

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related to Writing process · 21
Outer Dark → Anne DeLisle, Asheville, Aside, December, During, He, His, Ibiza, July, Knoxville, Larry Bensky, Lee Holleman McCarthy, McCarthy, McCarthy's, New Orleans, North Carolina, Random House Books, Several, Spain, Tennessee
related to Consequences of sin · 14
Outer Dark → Calvinistic, Culla, Erinyes, Eumenides, Furies, Greek, However, In, Instead, McCarthy, McCarthy's, The, The Orchard Keeper, Tinker
related to Nihilism · 5
Outer Dark → Culla's, Ethical, In, Instead, The
Author · 1
Outer Dark → Cormac McCarthy
Followed by · 1
Outer Dark → Child of God
Genre · 1
Outer Dark → Novel
ISBN · 1
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Language · 1
Outer Dark → English
Pages · 1
Outer Dark → 242 (paperback)
Preceded by · 1
Outer Dark → The Orchard Keeper

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Outer DarkAuthorCormac McCarthy1.00infobox
Outer DarkFollowed byChild of God1.00infobox
Outer DarkGenreNovel1.00infobox
Outer DarkISBN.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
Outer DarkLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Outer DarkPages242 (paperback)1.00infobox
Outer DarkPreceded byThe Orchard Keeper1.00infobox
Outer DarkPublication placeUnited States1.00infobox
Outer DarkPublished19681.00infobox
Outer Darkis asecond novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy0.90text
Outer Darkrelated to Consequences of sinIn0.60section
Outer Darkrelated to Consequences of sinMcCarthy0.60section

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