Is this his magnum opus Veeky Forums? It's only the second I've read of Cormac's books (after Blood Meridian) but I have to say it's much stronger. Something about Meridian was too vague, as if the plot could get swallowed in this biblical language of beautiful jargon and you'd get phrases that had all this meaning and yet none. But in this book, everything was concise, clear. There was so much energy to the plot and people and the second half was some of the best romance and violence I've had the pleasure of reading. What I love about McCarthy so far is this huge philosophy that he will include at pivotal moments of quiet. Are there any other writers you could think of, save maybe Camus or Dostoyevsky or even Kierkegaard, who manage to show such a gripping religious nihilism? And do you think this book deserved the US national book award over his others? Does Billy Bob Thornton's movie adaptation do it justice?
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I wasn't sure if I was going to skip this whole trilogy. I liked BM a lot, but agree with you on its elusiveness. Meanwhile I was a little bored with The Road and No Country because they were TOO sparse. But The Border Trilogy sounds like where Cormac is at in terms of mug prose-ability.
Also read Suttree which was great up until the witch doctor scene.
ATPH is my fav of the three. The Crossing was good up until the wolf died, the plot of a boy taking a wolf to the wilderness appealed greatly to me and the third one was a terrible conclusion.
Isnt the whole thing in spanish except for a scattered english phrases? My name isnt Juan.
This is actually my only complaint. A lot of crucial dialogue and plot is in another language. But then, I think it is key to the book here. A foreign American coming into a land and trying to have it make sense. It hurts the reader and it's correct.
This is my very favorite passage by the way, and I would like to see some anons reactions to it.
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Suttree > The Border Trilogy > Blood Meridian
> It's only the second I've read of Cormac's books (after Blood Meridian) but I have to say it's much stronger.
Then you are wrong.
I quite liked the Crossing even after that happened, the conversations Billy has with the wandering souls on the borderland are some of the most beautiful passages I've read in literature
>Dostoevsky and Kierkegaard
>religious nihilism
WHAT