Blood Meridian

[David Morris]

Suttree vs Blood Meridian?  Tastes differ, it seems.

On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 9:15 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would try Suttree, Joseph--a much better book than Blood Meridian (which
> I highly respect and would recommend but do not love).
>
> rich
>
> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 12:15 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
>
>> First step to get out of hole, stop digging. First step to cooling down,
>> stop starting fires.  We want the evolution of the species to require the
>> sum total of human genius but what does that mean when so much skill has
>> been developed for burning down the house.
>>
>> There is a certain kind of gnosticism that sees this as a hell planet
>> ruled by deception.  In such a world fiends have a supernatural advantage.
>> McCarthy seems to waver between something like that and a kind of grim
>> survivalism. His is a mind I don’t care to visit ever again despite the
>> visceral prose style.
>>
>>
>>
>
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