NP:Blood Meridian

[Ghetta Life]

I gotta start out with:  To each his own.  If the violence gets to you, it's 
not gunna get any lighter.  Far from it.  I personally think it's 
beautifully written, both the phrasing and the descriptions.  There's plenty 
of development, but you'll always stay "outside" the characters.

Some might think Blood Meridian is nothing more than gratuitous blood and 
guts.  I think otherwise.  It is a dark mythic dream.  And the judge is its 
white whale.

Ghetta

>From: kelber at mindspring.com
>
>I'm about a quarter of the way through Blood Meridian (just past the 
>massacre by the Indians in Mexico sequence).  I know a lot of the people on 
>this list have read it.  Question:  Is it worth finishing?  I get the whole 
>history- of- the- West-as- bloody- wasteland thing, but is there going to 
>be any real character or plot development from here?  Is there anything 
>this book conveys that isn't conveyed by the show Deadwood in a much more 
>entertaining/pop culture way?  I ask, because I'm kind of depressed, and 
>the book's a real downer to plow through.
>
>Laura

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