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Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy

Started by johnlilly · 10 months ago

A beautiful, hulking, brute of a book — a novel about life on the border between US & Mexico in pre-Civil War life. It’s tough to get through — brutal characters and plot, and very tough prose. But it’s a singular achievement ̵ ... Continue reading »

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  • Christopher Blizzard

    1 year ago

    I was just going to put this on my amazon list when I suddenly realized that I've read it, quite a long time ago, on a lark. I don't remember the details of the book but I do remember how it left me feeling. The writing was thick and amazing. The story and characters felt completely naked to me. I remember being dazed by it for a long time after.
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  • scott

    11 months ago

    I loved this book. The historically true horrors and atrocities that were committed in the name of western expansion set on the backdrop of McCarthy's hauntingly beautiful and spiritual description of the disappearing frontier. An insane philosopher debating the meaning of life with men who have stared into the abyss, and the abyss stared back.
    We are not all antic clay.
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