Suttree examined
While I found The Road compelling and exemplary, I must admit to not being much of a fan of Mr. McCarthy's work. As much as I've tried, I find that his vision of humanity is so radically different from, indeed, alien to my own that I can't find much of an access point.
I will point out as usual, "The fault llies not in the stars, but in [myself]."
If it is your fault that his vision is so radically different from yours that you can't find an access point, then it seems to me that the fault is equally his also.
ReplyDeleteI think I mentioned this before that I had read _The Road_ and didn't find it compelling. I have tried one other and lost interest. As the _I Ching_ would have it--No Fault.
I read All the Pretty Horses and loved it. From that point, I've tried a few other McCarthy books and I haven't quite found them as compelling. Maybe it's my not being able to access his vision; but I'm not sure that everyone needs to access every book?
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed No Country for Old Men as well. But it seemed easier to access it than say The Crossing or Cities of the Plain. I own both Sutree and Blood Meridian, but I haven't found myself ready to try reading them just yet...
Dear Fred,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comment. I always make that disclaimer so as not comment on the merit of a work that I am, for whatever reason unfit to judge. As you rightly point out, there is no real fault here, merely a syzygy of visions.
Dear Jenny,
Thank you for commenting. I may try _No Country for Old Men_ again. It didn't grab me the first time around, but I didn't give it a lot of chance to do so.
shalom,
Steven