Category Archives for Cormac McCarthy

THE OCCASIONAL READER–WHY YOU SHOULD READ “DIFFICULT” BOOKS

Why you should read difficult books Reviews of   All the Pretty Horses;  author Cormac McCarthy and The Cat’s Table;  author Michael Ondaatje I can hear the screams already, “Clark, get your blankity blank story straight.  Last summer you recommended we read … Continue reading

13. March 2012 by David
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Why I’m Reading Cormac McCarthy For Lent

     Because these wings are no longer wings to fly   But merely vans to beat the air   The air which is now thoroughly small and dry   Smaller and dryer than the will   Teach us to … Continue reading

29. February 2012 by David
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All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy–my initial annotation

This week I re-read Cormac McCarthy’s “All the Pretty Horses,” after a lapse of nearly fifteen years. I reluctantly turned the last page at 3 am in the morning, sighing with an amalgam of satisfaction and discontent, an emotion that … Continue reading

16. February 2012 by David
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