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I enjoy Leonard's work, but Cormac McCarthy is probably the anti-Leonard in terms of writing style and he's been easily as influential to the Cohens.
by kolanos 9y ago
I enjoy Leonard's work, but Cormac McCarthy is probably the anti-Leonard in terms of writing style and he's been easily as influential to the Cohens.
- tptacek 9y agoIs there another McCarthy story the Coens have done besides "No Country", very late in their career? I would also call McCarthy "the anti-Coen".
- Buldak 9y agoOut of curiosity, what makes McCarthy the anti-Leonard? I've only read McCarthy and not Leonard, but reading this article immediately reminded me of McCarthy in that it recommends a spare prose style.
- kolanos 9y agoGuess I'm thinking of Blood Meridian when it comes to Leonard's rule about not using extended vocabulary. Also McCarthy tends not to use punctuation, including quotations, so speech tends to be implicit in the prose. But it's hard to pin McCarthy down stylistically, so there may be a better example.