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Surprised to hear he is associated with minimalism. I read half of one of his books and it seemed really maximalist thematically and narratively. Very gratuitou
by DontchaKnowit 3y ago
Surprised to hear he is associated with minimalism. I read half of one of his books and it seemed really maximalist thematically and narratively. Very gratuitous, flippant, unstructured, violent, sexual, etc. Very little subtlety or restraint.
- beezlebroxxxxxx 3y agoOnly some of his books are associated with minimalism in the common parlance of the word. A book like The Road or No Country for Old Men is wildly more minimalistic than Blood Meridian or Suttree.
- stvltvs 3y agoI haven't read every McCarthy novel, but from what I've seen, he wrote less flowery prose in his later works.