tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post117522521546825387..comments2024-02-08T05:04:18.484-08:00Comments on J'S THEATER: Hither and ThitherJohn Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-1175835813884769502007-04-05T22:03:00.000-07:002007-04-05T22:03:00.000-07:00LOL to AG!Kai, I haven't read The Road yet. I've ...LOL to AG!<BR/><BR/>Kai, I haven't read <I>The Road</I> yet. I've only read several of the earlier books, but my favorite by far is <I>Blood Meridian</I>, because of the sheer accomplishment of the narration, the language, and so forth. <I>All the Pretty Horses</I> and <I>The Crossing</I>, however, are also very fine novels, and <I>Suttree</I> is superb, but a big unshapely and perhaps too close to his own experiences to be as outstanding as the subsequent novels. I'll keep your critique in mind, however, when I do get to <I>The Road</I>, which was staring out at me and calling my name when I stopped by Three Lives Bookstores today....John Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-1175628180786633832007-04-03T12:23:00.000-07:002007-04-03T12:23:00.000-07:00I'd never read McCarthy before The Road. No other...I'd never read McCarthy before The Road. No other book since, hmmm, Birdsong, has actually made me feel desperate on the characters' behalf, I was so drawn into the story. Until the last couple pages, I would have said that it was one of the very best, certainly most gripping, novels I'd ever read. And then those last two pages!!!! It was like watching a gymnast give a mind blowingly perfect performance on every event until the last, whereupon (s)he horrifyingly flubs everything. Did you read it?<BR/><BR/>Kai in NYCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-1175555567320625302007-04-02T16:12:00.000-07:002007-04-02T16:12:00.000-07:00goboi (tiny voice) :-)goboi (tiny voice) :-)the Allen galleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064101135272851599noreply@blogger.com