Appearance
Blood meridian, or, The evening redness in the west (Picador)
After finishing the book, I sat stunned, drained of the energy required to keep up with McCarthy's prose, yet utterly sated. Not a single word is wasted in this incredible parable. Remarkable, terrifying, profound, and pure.
Blood meridian, or, The evening redness in the west (Picador)
I think when McCarthy started on "The Border Trilogy" he might have been seeking a wider audience since the books were more of an "easy" read. "Blood Meridian" was not simply about violence-- It goes much deeper than that I think. It's about something that "will never die."Perhaps one has to be a bit of an existentialist to really appreciate this book.
Blood meridian, or, The evening redness in the west (Picador)
Simply the finest novel about the American West ever written, and one of the finest novels I have ever read. Period.This book is horrific in its imagery, but the language and descriptions are gorgeous beyond belief. Anyone who loves the English language (and has a strong consitution) should read this novel and savor the terrible power of McCarthy's writing.I can honestly say that this is one of the few written works that has really left a unique and indelible mark on my spirit.
Blood meridian, or, The evening redness in the west (Picador)
Know this: Those who find in this book too much darkness and too much blood should realize that this is only because there is too much of the evil and too much wickedness that lives and breathes in our histories and our hearts. This book is unbelieveable and brilliant as it lays out the deepest darkness in the soul of man and yet still is there not in that evening redness a lingering kind of hope?
Blood meridian, or, The evening redness in the west (Picador)
Cormac doesn't fill the glass halfway in this one. The guy is a genius w/ imagery. The blood is on tap. The male unconscious is laid naked and proven to be beautifully hideous. An epic.
Blood meridian, or, The evening redness in the west (Picador)
There is no bleaker or more bitter book. There is no better or more beautiful one, either. This novel, Cormac McCarthy's finest, depicts violence so depraved as to be almost unbearable, and doesn't ameliorate its impact by confining the evil within one or two sociopathic characters. His violence is institutionalized and endemic. His vision indicts the entire project of Western expansionism, and goes farther to become a threnody for the debased human condition.The writing in this book, though, is so careful and pure that the act of reading it is itself redemptive. As the story grows ever more horrific and threatens to engulf the reader in despair, the cumulative power of detail and diction elevates the spirit and mind. More than almost any other book, "Blood Meridian" shows art's ability to ennoble us while it illustrates our worst aspects.The experience is exhilarating.