11-13-2018, 11:27 PM
(11-13-2018, 11:09 PM)Westwood Bengal Wrote: I've read The Road. It is a well written novel for sure. The experience I remember most vividly about that text was how for nearly all of the book, the dialogue was sparse at best, and painfully repetitive at times.
And then near the end of the road (couldn't resist), there is this conversation between the main character and some random vagrant they meet, and it is profoundly existential and deeply humanizing. It really made the read worth it, as up to that point it was damn near impossible to enjoy due to the content.
It was like McCarthy went from a novels worth of Hemingway, juxtaposed with a chapter of Faulkner.
I think I will read No Country for Old Men next.
"The Road" was going to be my next choice because it is the one I have heard the most about. But the subject matter sounds just as depressing as "Blood Meridian".
I like his style so much that I will read something else by him, but I am going to research and see what he has done that is not so "heavy".
