NP: The Road

[snappydresser]

Just finished this devastating masterpiece ten minutes ago, and felt the 
need to share my devastation.

Fair warning: If your father happens to be ill, or has recently passed 
away... do NOT read this book.

Sincerely,
YOPJ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bekah" <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "The Great Quail" <quail at libyrinth.com>; "The Whole Sick Crew" 
<pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: NP: The Road


> Well,  perhaps on a second reading I'll be able to get past the starkness 
> and the violence (heads decorated and standing up and the slaves and so 
> on) and enjoy the poetry but this time ...
>
> It is worth a second read.
>
> Bekah
>
> At 10:26 AM -0400 10/9/06, The Great Quail wrote:
>>  > Okay,  I read Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" this afternoon.   It's a
>>>  quick read,  intensely compelling.   But I don't like The Road
>>>  anywhere near as well as I liked Blood Meridian.   It's more  barren
>>>  and violent than anything  I've ever read and the poetry isn't there.
>>
>>Oh, I have to disagree. I found it very poetic. It was nowhere near as
>>ornate as "Blood Meridian," but I found it very poetic.
>>
>>"There is no God and we are his prophets." That line alone....
>>
>>--Quail
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