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Ian Dunmore's avatar

I was so happy to see this. Blood Meridian is my favorite book that I will never shut up about. I loved the note about using these tools as contrasts rather than redundancies. Blood Meridian paints such lurid pictures in such bold strokes. As just one example, the finale in Griffon makes constant reference to childhood and childish images.

In retrospect, the fact that these juxtaposing descriptions could make writing more dimensional rather than just absurd is the most important thing I learned from reading McCarthy. Even if I still think describing frozen shrubs as "polar isomers" is going way too far.

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Thaddeus Thomas's avatar

😆 He was bound to reach too far on occasion. I suppose it was unavoidable

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Ian Dunmore's avatar

Go big or go home I guess 😆

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