New Cormac?

[Mark Sacha]

>From the forums of the Cormac McCarthy society. I like where this is headed:

“to be published next year”

”It goes pretty heavy into the philosophy and aesthetics of math and
physics through one of the characters.”
“The story of a young female mathematician and her psychiatrist in a mental
hospital. Deep, philosophical conversations on beauty, math, physics, the
bomb, and much more. Sounds really interesting from the little I heard.
Video of last night’s talk/reading should eventually be posted”

On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 1:46 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Like the Pynchon rumors, CM has been quoted as saying he was working on
> something like 3 books at once. he is getting on in years. interesting for
> him to be giving a reading. You never know. who thought Delillo would do
> them but now he seems fairly comfortable doing them.
>
> rich
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sutree I once learned was one he started before most of his earlier
>> published ones and kept working on.
>>
>> Perhaps it is the same for what we learn of the new one.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 11:09 AM,  <msacha1121 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Dear friend now in the dusty clockless hours of the town...
>> >
>> > From the few details that have come out, the novel sounds wonderful. A
>> > return to the south, for one, and maybe a Suttree-esque story of lost
>> souls.
>> > All speculation of course... Here's hoping someone posts a transcript
>> of the
>> > event.
>> >
>> > On Aug 4, 2015, at 9:41 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I originally cringed when I head Cormac was going to be on Oprah but
>> unlike
>> > Jonathan Frazen who seemed off-put by it, Cormac was very gracious and I
>> > think quite an engaging speaker. any man who can write like he does and
>> can
>> > build his own house is impressive in my book. been waiting too long for
>> a
>> > true novel from him as the last few have been reworked screenplays. The
>> > novel is supposed to be about a suicide and her brother coming to grips
>> with
>> > it though reportedly the book is mostly about her. Rumor has it that it
>> > takes place in New Orleans in 1980 (I think No Country for Old Men takes
>> > place in 1980 as well). these are just tidbits I've found online and its
>> > supposed to be longer so there's that.
>> > as much as Blood Meridian is a breathtaking (literally) book, I have to
>> say
>> > I have a deeper fondness and appreciation for Suttree--its funny,
>> brutal,
>> > strange, and sad
>> >
>> > rich
>> >
>> > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 9:51 PM, Mark Sacha <msacha1121 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Have you seen the interview? I think he did great. In fact was so soft
>> >> spoken and earnest it made her look a bit of a fool. But he still
>> seemed
>> >> uncomfortable - my point being that like our old pal Tommy P he seems
>> to
>> >> prefer a private to a public life. If Pynchon made a public appearance
>> on
>> >> Jimmy Kimmel, I think we'd be a little taken aback. Not disparaging.
>> Deeply
>> >> respect the man.
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 9:36 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Why would anyone disparage him for an Oprah interview? Really? What's
>> >>> with that?
>> >>>
>> >>> I still love Blood Meridian, his Melville imitation, and a fine job.
>> >>>
>> >>> David Morris
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Monday, August 3, 2015, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Consensus belief, I think, is he allowed himself to be on and
>> >>>> interviewed by Oprah was because he wanted a big hit of sales. for
>> his
>> >>>> family, he wasn't/ isn't young. Big lifetime-earned semi-retirement
>> payoff.
>> >>>> He had live very poor for a long time. Oprah would not have selected
>> the
>> >>>> book otherwise.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> He quoted the great line from Bullitt: " You work your side of the
>> >>>> street and I'll work mine" as he defined himself against Oprah's "
>> >>>> marketing.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Sent from my iPad
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Aug 3, 2015, at 4:34 PM, Mark Sacha <msacha1121 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The third paragraph makes it sound like someone apart from McCarthy
>> will
>> >>>> be doing the reading, which is probably for the best (still have no
>> clue why
>> >>>> he allowed himself to be interviewed on Oprah of all things).
>> There's been
>> >>>> mention of him working on this one for quite a while now and even a
>> >>>> manuscript copy in the archives at Texas State, but the fact that
>> it's being
>> >>>> aired in any form is probably a good sign.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 3:36 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Cormac Mccarthy will be reading from his yet to be published new
>> novel
>> >>>>> The Passenger on Wednesday at the Santa Fe Institute.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> http://santafe.edu/gevent/detail/public/2208/
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> rich
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>
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