Cormac McCarthy has died at 89
Cormac McCarthy has died at 89
The author of The Road, Blood Meridian and No Country For Old Men embodied a strong Southwestern sensibility, writing often about men grappling with the existence of evil.
Man... :( (Also for transparency, I chose npr illinois bc it has the least intrusive ads and layoutof all sources I found.)
I read Blood Meridian last year, and have honestly never read anything like it before. It’s the most utterly beautiful, most absolutely depraved book I’ve ever read. It’s a masterpiece, and it’s horrific.
Similarly, The Road, which just left me numb when I finished it. Glad I’d read it, but numb.
One hell of a writer. #RIP
One of the best modern american literary writers, he will be missed.
Sad day - I told all my co-workers about this.
Blood Meridian blew my socks off. I've read most of his other work, looking forward to the next two.
Writer of my favorite books. I am broke.
"How surely are the dead beyond dead. Death is what the living carry with them. A state of dread, like some uncanny foretaste of a bitter memory. But the dead do not remember and nothingness is not a curse. Far from it."
Cormac McCarthy, Suttree
To me, he and Camus illuminate the struggle of life. You make your own reason. The struggle is the reason.
Ugh. Absolutely gutted by this. One of my all time favorite authors. This man’s prose is simply unmatched. An honest to god national treasure. Fuck.
He was a living legend, I'm glad to have read his novels and be at the same timeline. He's simply an incredible author. My first McCarthy book was The Road and I remember thinking that the prose was so simple yet still so powerful.
The Road haunted me for days. Now that I have offspring I don’t think I can ever read it again.
I've only read The Road by him, I should read more.
Huh, I didn't know (or I forgot) that he wrote No Country for Old Men - I loved the Coen brothers film so that might have to jump the queue and get read next.
What other books of his do people recommend?