6/27/2023 0 Comments The novel true grit![]() “Charles Portis’s True Grit captures the naive elegance of the American Voice. True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith. “I’ve always thought Charles Portis had a wonderful talent-original, quirky, exciting.” “The dialogue in True Grit is exquisite.” “Charles Portis’s True Grit is a masterpiece.” “It’s possible that True Grit is the genuine article-a book so strong that it reads as myth." Rereading Portis is one of the great pure pleasures-both visceral and cerebral-available in modern American literature.” ![]() ![]() “Charles Portis is an original, indescribable sui generis talent. a beaut narrated in the unforgettable voice of Mattie Ross. True Grit is Mattie Rosss first person, written account of the events which will change her life forever: joining up with US Marshal Rooster Cogburn. “Skillfully constructed, a comic tour de force.” ![]() “How to describe the indescribable? Probably the best description I can give of True Grit is that I’ve never given it to any reader - male or female, of any age or sensibility - who didn’t enjoy it.” ![]()
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