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Re:Subterranean Treasures: Cormac McCarthy’s late style by mpnagle on Friday March 24, 2023 @03:39PM (#35294382)
Stella Maris, volume 2 of his most recent two volume novel, and The Road, have blown my mind. SM in particular focuses on a math prodigy committed to a mental asylum. I think it would speak to many people here.

I'm actually thinking of reading his entire collection, I've been so impressed by him. I just got No Country for Old Men.

Cool to hear the rec for Sunset Limited!

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Re:Subterranean Treasures: Cormac McCarthy’s late style by cgh on Friday March 24, 2023 @04:00PM (#35294635)
McCarthy simplified his style dramatically with "No Country For Old Men". That novel, and the ones following, are of course still tremendous but lack the almost mythological force of language of his earlier stuff.

My personal early-style favourites: "Child Of God", "Blood Meridian" (of course), "The Crossing"

Later style: "The Road"

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Re:Subterranean Treasures: Cormac McCarthy’s late style by mpnagle on Saturday March 25, 2023 @12:39PM (#35304340)
Oh that's interesting. I have almost exclusively read older style. (Only exception is "The Orchard Keeper.")

Interested to try some things from the mythological early style!

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Re:Subterranean Treasures: Cormac McCarthy’s late style by rgrieselhuber on Friday March 24, 2023 @04:07PM (#35294736)
I’ve read Blood Meridian and then went back to The Orchard Keeper. Going to work forward in rough chronological order of his published dates. Didn’t know about The Sunset Limited, will have to check out both the screenplay and the film.
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