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Tag Archives: Cormac McCarthy
LITERATURE: Suttree
I’m finding things in Suttree I think I missed the first time around. It makes me think that even though I’m skimming through the first half over again, when I get beyond the point I’ve read before I may still … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Suttree
Had lost my way, backtracked a bit, no loss of awe the second time around. McCarthy gives a dreary life, well…life. Listen to this: "The old man gave him a little crooked grin, his jawseams grouted with black spittle." Tobacco … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Suttree
I have spent days walking through the backstreets of 1951 Knoxville, Tennessee. With Suttree, catching fish, fighting cats that claim his catch before I get them. Finding why the river is so flowing with the entrails not only of the … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Suttree
A bit of a strange phenomenon happening with this reading. The "wow" factor of reading McCarthy is not interfering with the story. It’s not, I’m sure, a disenchantment with McCarthy’s writing, but rather a getting used to and taking for … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Suttree
For me, one of the hallmarks of good writing and the essence of reading enjoyment is the relationship one finds in another’s written words to make the reading meaningful. Experiencing of an event, once turned into memory, changes just through … Continue reading Continue reading
NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: Back to McCarthy
In going into that hallway to prepare for battle again and again, I find myself fascinated by the video that the first couple of times around well serves to shock and strike such fear. It is unreal, a monstrous halfway-human … Continue reading Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Blood Meridian
Yes, I finally brought myself to finish it the other day. Herein lies the mystery and meaning, and even after several readings I must go back and read again to fully comprehend it. The key lies in those last dozen … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Again, Blood Meridian
Can’t believe I’m doing this, and just realized that I was. I’ve been down to the last few pages of this book since last night—an easy 20 minute read—and even into this morning, I’m reading no more than a page … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Focus on Blood Meridian
While The Great Lettuce Head focuses on space, I spent 335 pages focused on detail. This is my first reading of Blood Meridian, my first reading of Cormac McCarthy’s work. Maybe for me, my next reading will produce a different … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: McCarthy
This weblog is turning into a Cormac McCarthy shrine, and with four more of his works coming…! Had to pull this one out of Blood Meridian for you: “He was holding his wound and with his other hand he ravaged … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Blood Meridian
It’s impossible to not have a reaction to Blood Meridian. Like it, hate it, understand it, become frustrated, baffled or grossed out, see it as the epitome of writing skill, feel it is overdone, too violent, too honest, dishonest, too … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Loodbay Eridianmay
An unusual aspect of McCarthy’s Blood Meridian and one that is noticed immediately is the lack of proper punctuation–commas, quotation marks, and semi-colons are all missing or sparsely used. Once you get used to it, you find that it is … Continue reading Continue reading
LITERATURE: Loodbay Eridianmay
Forgot my pigeon English or whatever it was called, but have learned to avoid the Great Google and Yahoo Search gods by not entering the proper names of stories, so you’ll have to figure it out. Am now grateful for … Continue reading Continue reading
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