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Great article. Thanks for sharing. I can stomach stories of what happened between Germany and Russia in lands between them in WW2, so I can probably handle the
by labrador 3y ago
Great article. Thanks for sharing. I can stomach stories of what happened between Germany and Russia in lands between them in WW2, so I can probably handle the violence in this. It does sound gruesome.
I'm not surprised his fiction is history because he really didn't have to embellish anything, just see it accurately.
- beaned 3y agoThis is part of the draw for me (in addition to the prose). It is at least partially influenced by history [0], including the character of the Judge. Sometimes if it's easier to understand a certain place and time when it's wrapped up in a fictitious story, that can have value. We do it plenty for WW2, for example. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Meridian#Background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Meridian#Background