Re:Cormac McCarthy's personal library
by username223 on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @10:56PM
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"Child of God?" You started at just about the darkest, least approachable place. Try "No Country for Old Men" or "All the Pretty Horses," both of which are far easier to read and contemplate.
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Re:Cormac McCarthy's personal library
by brennanpeterson on Thursday October 02, 2025 @01:18AM
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Or The Crossing, which, at least for the first third is his sparest and best writing. At least, I prefer the marriage of the gothic sensibility and poetry with the classic western.
Re:Cormac McCarthy's personal library
by johnnienaked on Thursday October 02, 2025 @01:11PM
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The first third ripped my heart out
Re:Cormac McCarthy's personal library
by nylonstrung on Thursday October 02, 2025 @05:16AM
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All the Pretty Horses has much of the bleakness that characterizes his stories but also genuinely beauty and romanticism that he pulls off equally well
Love it