Cormac McCarthy

Cropduster84
Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
edited March 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
A great writer who I'm really starting to appreciate.....


I love The Road, such a haunting book.....


Anyone else a fan?
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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    Cropduster84 wrote:
    A great writer who I'm really starting to appreciate.....


    I love The Road, such a haunting book.....


    Anyone else a fan?


    never heard of him..or is it a her?
  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    I read the road in about two days and I can't shake it!
    I can't believe they're making a movie.


    For those who don't know he's the writer who wrote the novel "no country for old men."

    always on top of things NYPJ
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  • Cropduster84
    Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    never heard of him..or is it a her?

    Cormac is male.


    He wrote All The Pretty Horses and No Country For Old Men.....
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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    smithnic wrote:
    I read the road in about two days and I can't shake it!
    I can't believe they're making a movie.


    For those who don't know he's the writer who wrote the novel "no country for old men."

    always on top of things NYPJ



    ahhh loved the movie,,maybe i should read the book

    its one of those names that can go either way
  • AstroFan
    AstroFan Posts: 193
    I'm actually reading "The Road" for my American Lit 2 class right now. I have about another 70 pages to go, but I love it(as much as you can love a story like this) so far.

    I'm sure I'll delve into his other work when I have the time.
  • Cropduster84
    Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    AstroFan wrote:
    I'm actually reading "The Road" for my American Lit 2 class right now. I have about another 70 pages to go, but I love it(as much as you can love a story like this) so far.

    I'm sure I'll delve into his other work when I have the time.


    Glad you're enjoying, it is really quite a beautiful book in it's dark little way.....


    I highly recommend his earlier work too like Child Of God.....
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  • DOSW
    DOSW Posts: 2,014
    I read a couple pages of The Road and felt like killing myself, it was so depressing. But I'll have to pick it up sometime.
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  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    love.
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  • Bibbs
    Bibbs Posts: 229
    i read No Country on a recommendation from a friend, it was a brilliant read and i'll be looking more of his work.

    I've not yet seen the movie but will do soon.
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  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    Bibbs wrote:
    i read No Country on a recommendation from a friend, it was a brilliant read and i'll be looking more of his work.

    I've not yet seen the movie but will do soon.

    The movie was great - but I was pretty thrown off by the hair...I just thought it was distracting! I loved TLJ in that movie! in the interest of disclosure, that may be because I have a distinct Tommy Lee Jones attraction...he is chewy. I can tell. ;)

    the book is a great read...I love the pace that McCarthy sets...it is a very systematic novel.
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  • AstroFan
    AstroFan Posts: 193
    Cropduster84 wrote:
    Glad you're enjoying, it is really quite a beautiful book in it's dark little way.....


    I highly recommend his earlier work too like Child Of God.....

    I finished The Road earlier today and almost cried at the end. One of the best novels I've read, with a blend of nearly overwhelming darkness but with just enough light to make me feel a little bit of hope.

    My professor said he thought "Blood Meridian" was the best novel by any American author, so I may check that out first. "Child Of God" sounds interesting as well.
  • intoodeep
    intoodeep Posts: 143
    AstroFan wrote:
    I finished The Road earlier today and almost cried at the end. One of the best novels I've read, with a blend of nearly overwhelming darkness but with just enough light to make me feel a little bit of hope.

    I agree!! I thought it was one of the best novels I've ever read too! I couldn't put it down....and, I couldn't get it out of my head for weeks after I finished it.
    smithnic wrote:
    I read the road in about two days and I can't shake it!
    I can't believe they're making a movie.

    I read somewhere that Viggo Mortensen will be starring in the movie...that sounds interesting. Altho' the movie would be pretty depressing.
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  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    anyone want to give me a bit of a overview of what the road is about, i just dont trust most back covers of books.

    they usually dont seep to capture what the book is really about, they are there to sell the book after all.
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  • AstroFan
    AstroFan Posts: 193
    the wolf wrote:
    anyone want to give me a bit of a overview of what the road is about, i just dont trust most back covers of books.

    they usually dont seep to capture what the book is really about, they are there to sell the book after all.

    The back of this cover seems to sum it up fairly well. I'll add an excerpt:

    "The Road is a profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love.... The Road is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devestation".

    That description works for me.

    If you want something more on the surface regarding the setting, then I would say it's about a father and son walking through "burned America," in the desperate hope to find an area that is not completely devestated. There are very few other survivors from the unnamed disaster, with a blanket of ash covering the sky so the sunlight does not shine through(thus, there is no vegetation and food is an invaluable commodity).


    The heart of the novel is not in action scenes, but in the relationship between father/son, and particularly the goodness of the boy(and the goodness he instills in his father) in this horrific world in which very little decency remains.
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    I'm in the middle of "The Road" right now, no pun intended. Ha!

    I found it to be a little hard to get into hid writing (this is his first book I read), but by about page 30 I was hooked. He has a really cool way of not giving a ton of description, but just enough where you can really feel like you are there.

    I agree it is very powerful. I am only on page 87 and there were a couple of times already that I felt a little teary.

    I should probably stay out of this thread until I finish it so I don't read any spoilers.

    I'm glad I finally broke down and read one of his books. I've been wanting to read "No Country" since it came out a couple of years ago, but still haven't gotten around to it. I did see the movie and enjoyed it.
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  • mulva9
    mulva9 Posts: 417
    I've never liked a writer as much as I like him.

    I've read All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men, and The Road and I think those are my 3 favorite books ever. Can't wait to read more.
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Finished "The Road" over the weekend. Great book. Heartbreaking at the end.
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Cropduster84 wrote:
    A great writer who I'm really starting to appreciate.....


    I love The Road, such a haunting book.....


    Anyone else a fan?

    I read "The Road" not too long ago. What a great book!! That's the only McCarthy book I've read, though.
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    know1 wrote:
    I read "The Road" not too long ago. What a great book!! That's the only McCarthy book I've read, though.

    Yeah it's the only one I've read too. I want to read all his books now, but I have a huge stack of books to be read already!
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  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Bibbs wrote:
    i read No Country on a recommendation from a friend, it was a brilliant read and i'll be looking more of his work.

    I've not yet seen the movie but will do soon.

    I thought the screenplay fell a bit flat for the Coen bros but it was adapted so maybe that was the problem. It just wasn't nearly as sharp as their earlier efforts. Also the plot had to be a bit illogical (some of the decisions made by Llewelyn made no sense) in order to keep the story flowing, which to me is a sign of sloppy writing. The suspense was definitely there and made the film impressive despite it's inherent flaws. I feel that Javier Bardem gave a fabulous performance and was what carried the film, imo.
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