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Cormac McCarthy. Finally started "bingeing" his books from the local library and not since Virginia Woolf has a writer's use of words to paint pictures made suc

Cormac McCarthy. Finally started "bingeing" his books from the local library and not since Virginia Woolf has a writer's use of words to paint pictures made such an impression on me.

sogen 6y ago
upvoted
mFixman 6y ago
I was looking for some English language fiction literature. Any book you'd recommend?
- muststopmyths 6y ago
  From McCarthy ? I'd start with his Border Trilogy which is 3 books sold together. Or just All The Pretty Horses if you want to dip your toes to see if you like his writing. I've also enjoyed Elmore Leonard quite a bit recently. More pulpy I suppose, but well written. Out of Sight is a good one with a somewhat faithful movie version as well. Normal People by Sally Rooney is something I read recently that I liked. Unless by literature you actually mean classic literature, in which case I'm really not qualified to recommend anything :-)
- germinalphrase 6y ago
  No Country for Old Men is the most accessible. Blood Meridian is harder, but very good.
throckmortra 6y ago
Blood Meridian is a top 3 book for me. Just fantastic. With one of those endings that takes the book from a 4.5/5 to a 5/5
- gbjw 6y ago
  I also love Blood Meridian -- curious what your other two would be? Mine are probably Moby-Dick and The Brothers Karamazov.
  - throckmortra 6y ago
    Stoner by John Williams and Crime & Punishment. I love TBK and other of Dostoyevsky's works but C&P really resonated with me
- muststopmyths 6y ago
  If anyone takes this book up, avoid at all costs the foreword in the 25th anniversary edition. It gives away the ending !
d_burfoot 6y ago
Is McCarthy hyped...? I read Blood Meridian because a pretentious literature/philosophy snob I knew in college told me it was good. I was also pretentious, so I read it. Other than that, I've almost never heard anyone talk about his work, other than briefly when the movies came out.
- muststopmyths 6y ago
  hmm, good question. I guess I'd heard for a while that he was one of the best writers out there. Maybe he's just hyped in the corners of the internet that I wander.
- redisman 6y ago
  He was for a bit with a Oprah book of the month (the road) and no country for old men getting made into a movie
Baeocystin 6y ago
That's an apt description. His use of language is remarkable. The hapax legomenon Salitter, and this brief post about it, are what convinced me to read his books. https://thefirstmorning.com/2008/09/11/salitter/ https://thefirstmorning.com/2008/09/11/salitter/
gonzo41 6y ago
Gotta be careful reading those, they are very good by can be a little...bleak.

Cormac McCarthy. Finally started "bingeing" his books from the local library and not since Virginia Woolf has a writer's use of words to paint pictures made such an impression on me.

sogen 6y ago

upvoted

mFixman 6y ago

I was looking for some English language fiction literature. Any book you'd recommend?

muststopmyths 6y ago
From McCarthy ? I'd start with his Border Trilogy which is 3 books sold together. Or just All The Pretty Horses if you want to dip your toes to see if you like his writing. I've also enjoyed Elmore Leonard quite a bit recently. More pulpy I suppose, but well written. Out of Sight is a good one with a somewhat faithful movie version as well. Normal People by Sally Rooney is something I read recently that I liked. Unless by literature you actually mean classic literature, in which case I'm really not qualified to recommend anything :-)
germinalphrase 6y ago
No Country for Old Men is the most accessible. Blood Meridian is harder, but very good.

throckmortra 6y ago

Blood Meridian is a top 3 book for me. Just fantastic. With one of those endings that takes the book from a 4.5/5 to a 5/5

gbjw 6y ago
I also love Blood Meridian -- curious what your other two would be? Mine are probably Moby-Dick and The Brothers Karamazov.
- throckmortra 6y ago
  Stoner by John Williams and Crime & Punishment. I love TBK and other of Dostoyevsky's works but C&P really resonated with me
muststopmyths 6y ago
If anyone takes this book up, avoid at all costs the foreword in the 25th anniversary edition. It gives away the ending !

d_burfoot 6y ago

Is McCarthy hyped...? I read Blood Meridian because a pretentious literature/philosophy snob I knew in college told me it was good. I was also pretentious, so I read it. Other than that, I've almost never heard anyone talk about his work, other than briefly when the movies came out.

muststopmyths 6y ago
hmm, good question. I guess I'd heard for a while that he was one of the best writers out there. Maybe he's just hyped in the corners of the internet that I wander.
redisman 6y ago
He was for a bit with a Oprah book of the month (the road) and no country for old men getting made into a movie

Baeocystin 6y ago

That's an apt description. His use of language is remarkable. The hapax legomenon Salitter, and this brief post about it, are what convinced me to read his books. https://thefirstmorning.com/2008/09/11/salitter/ https://thefirstmorning.com/2008/09/11/salitter/

gonzo41 6y ago

Gotta be careful reading those, they are very good by can be a little...bleak.