Cormac--NP

Thu Nov 23 03:48:22 CST 2000

 with its dark biblical sound "blood meridian" thrilled me from the first to the 
 last page: one of the most intensive books i've ever read. not quite gr, but  
 pretty close. & it surely could be a fruitful thing to compare the judge to 
 weissmann/blicero ... kfl

Mark A. Douglas schrieb:
> Well, the brief blurb on Amazon is sort of P-related.
>
> "The fulfilled renown of Moby-Dick and of As I Lay Dying is augmented by
>  Blood Meridian, since Cormac McCarthy is the worthy disciple both of
>  Melville and Faulkner," writes esteemed literary scholar Harold Bloom in his
>  Introduction to the Modern Library edition. "I venture that no other living
>  American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and
>  memorable."
>
> Mark
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Richard Romeo 
>   To: pynchon-l at waste.org 
>   Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 5:12 PM
>   Subject: Cormac--NP
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>
>   Hey all--
>
>   A new hardcover edition of Blood Meridian will be published in January '01, 
>   with an intro essay by Harold Bloom.  Co-ol.
>
>  
>  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679641041/qid=974910943/sr=1-41/103-1
> 294482-6144646
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>   Rich
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> <DIV>Well, the brief blurb on Amazon is sort of P-related.</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>"The fulfilled renown of Moby-Dick and of As I Lay Dying is augmented by 
> Blood Meridian, since Cormac McCarthy is the worthy disciple both of Melville 
> and Faulkner," writes esteemed literary scholar Harold Bloom in his
>  Introduction 
> to the Modern Library edition. "I venture that no other living American 
> novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and 
> memorable."<BR><BR>Mark</DIV>
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>   title=richardromeo at hotmail.com>Richard Romeo</A> </DIV>
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>   <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 22, 2000
>  5:12 
>   PM</DIV>
>   <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Cormac--NP</DIV>
>   <DIV><BR></DIV>Hey all--<BR><BR>A new hardcover edition of Blood Meridian
>  will 
>   be published in January '01, <BR>with an intro essay by Harold Bloom.  
>   Co-ol.<BR><BR><A 
>  
>  href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679641041/qid=974910943/sr=1-41
> /103-1294482-6144646">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679641041/qid=97
> 4910943/sr=1-41/103-1294482-6144646</A><BR><BR>Rich<BR>_______________________
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