/lit/ - Literature

Suttree - Cormac McCarthy.

I can't exactly explain everything this book revealed to me but I can say that reading it changed my life. When you think of a novel you probably think of characters, setting, plot, lessons to be learned. However, with Suttree you will find just a moving, fascinating, softly joyous depiction of life itself. I think that should be literature's ultimate goal / accomplishment: communicate existence in all its breadth so that we may glean just a few drops of truth with which to nurture the gardens of our individual lives. There are small, evocative details in this book that sent me reeling. A certain line of dialogue towards the end totally realigned my worldview. Maybe it was just the book I needed at that certain time in my life but I hope it can do something similar for you, anon.