/lit/ - Literature

Genuinely beautiful book. It got me into McCarthy, and really helped open my mind to the possibilities of the written word. One of his best

>>16642530
>One of his best
this

>>16642519
Absolute garbage. The literary equivalent of someone throwing a paint can at a canvas and calling it art

>>16643223
Paul Jackson Pollock /ˈpɒlək/ (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement.
Cause of death: Alcohol-related single-car accident
Known for: Painting
Education: Art Students League of New York
Patron(s): Peggy Guggenheim

>>16642519
It's OK, but I really prefer his earlier stuff like Outer Dark, The Orchard Keeper, Border Trilogy and Suttree to that one.

Honestly i think it may be his weakest novel (though I've only read six of them). If I recall correctly it had little of the florid incredible prose found in BM or Suttree.

>>16642519
It’s a bit simpler than his other works. But there’s a real beauty in the contrast of the love between the man and his boy and the utter terror and darkness of the world around them. It’s worth the read for that feeling along, IMO.

>>16642519
I prefer it to BM. It's simpler in prose but that shouldn't be considered weaker. It's the least nihilistic of his work and more hopeful.

>Kekule Problem

is McCarthy a pseud?

>>16642519
I read part of it back in 2012 and loved the prose, unfortunately never finished because I was still in high school.
Read Blood Meridian earlier this year and found it amazing though.

fire
desire
dude fish lmao
my boyyyyyyyyyy

complete and utter load of shit desu like the rest of his works

>>16643223
>>16645269
the anti-McCarthy shitposters are out in full force today, huh

>>16645304
this board is pseud wasteland

>>16642530
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>>16644352
>not realizing it's pure Hollywood trash
Holy shit this board is worse than /mu/

>>16645355
>>not realizing it's pure Hollywood trash
OK, I'll bite. why is it "pure Hollywood trash"?

>>16645371
Because it is. Zero narrative substance, trivial sentimentalism, no philosophical implications or background, shitty characters, awful style, >dude apocalypse lmao, >muh experience

Throw that pile of trash where it belongs

>>16645395
I don't agree, but I will ask: what novels do you consider 'not trash' in that case.

>>16645395
>Zero narrative substance, trivial sentimentalism, no philosophical implications or background, shitty characters, awful style
filtered

>>16645403
What fucking question is that, there are hundreds of books better than this joke

>>16645425
Okay anon, epic meme as always

>>16645441
>get asked genuinely what books he thinks are better than this one
>"lmao there are hundreds, I wont name any though, trust me bro there are hundreds better than this garbage"
lmao

>>16642519
My entry into McCarthy. I've read it twice since and while it's not bad it also doesn't stick with me as much as Blood Meridian or Child of God. The motif of carrying the fire in The Road seems a lot more cliche and simple than it did in No Country for Old Men or that final chapter from Blood Meridian. The really intimate nature of the story also doesn't appeal to me as much as the scope of BM or the gothic hillbilly-vampire weirdness of CoG. Perhaps this feature makes it a more accessible entry to his work, not a bad thing.

Perhaps the novel just feels more generic since the premise of "parent and child navigate post-apocalyptic landscape" had become a genre unto itself since The Road first appeared. One of those instances where the original seems cliche now because of how influential it is.

>>16645441
>What fucking question is that, there are hundreds of books better than this joke
name one, faggot

>>16645483
Alright, Gormenghast. What now?

>>16645496
>genre fiction

>>16645496
>Gormenghast is a fantasy series
go back to /sffg/, faggot

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>>16645496
lmao

>>16645503
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>>16645517
I presume you need another title, shitheads. It's okay, just ask. Don Quixote.

>>16645527
Don Quixote is better than Blood Meridian but the fact that your *first pick* when asked to name a book better than The Road was modern fantasy genre fiction shit just shows that you have no idea what you're talking about

>>16645527
>Don Quixote
"n-no guys I don't read genre fiction, here's this book /lit/ likes"
you picked genre fiction over Cervantes. go back

>>16645542
>>16645549
Based retards. It was not even the first book that came to my mind, because the others were TOO much better than this piece of shit of a book. But even Harry Potter is better.

>>16645555
>because the others were TOO much better than this piece of shit of a book
retard, you still chose fucking genre fiction

>>16645542
>>16645549
>implying The road is not genre fiction

>>16645564
I intentionally did to trigger you, dumb amerifucks, since even standard YA novels are probably better than the fucking road

>>16645496
Holy fuck what a faggot

>>16645569
>amerifucks
Non sono americano

>>16645569

>>16645584
>triggered this much
Holy kek 1 1 1

>>16645599
>he's still posting in this thread

>>16645591
Vai a letto coglione

>>16645599

>>16645606
vaffanculo

Cringe thread anyway

>>16645623
sour grapes, anon

>>16645633
Kek

>>16645638
pls go back

>>16645653
Yes it's time for bed, I'll leave you guys here posting shitty memes and drowning in your nigger illiteracy.

>>16645664
>nigger illiteracy
>was defending genre fiction

>>16645673
genre fiction and philisophy are on equal footing desu

>>16645673
>asked for one random title out of hundreds
>he's not okay with it
Take your meds

>>16645687
>"I think there are many books better than The Road"
>OK, name one
>picks fucking GENRE FICTION

>>16645706
the road is flat stanley tier shit desu

>>16645725
I don't even like The Road, that guys just being a fag

>>16645732
>heckin
>GENRE FICTION
was he supposed to post philisophy? Which is pseudo shit mind you