Larry McMurtry's 'Lonesome Dove' Republished in French by Gallmeister

Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'Lonesome Dove' has been republished in French by Éditions Gallmeister in a two-volume edition. Set in 1880, the story follows two former Texas Rangers who, after years along the Mexican border, embark on a cattle drive westward across thousands of miles. The narrative explores themes of friendship, violence, and disillusionment, with one young cowboy character compared to a Balzacian figure lost in canyons. Critics have likened McMurtry to a Texan Faulkner due to the novel's baroque descriptions and irony. McMurtry, also a screenwriter and founder of the largest independent bookstore in the United States, is described as an iconoclast. Originally published in 1986, 'Lonesome Dove' won the Pulitzer Prize. The French republication was reviewed by Alexandre Mare.