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5273077 No.5273077[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Suttree>Blood Meridian

they're equal in prose but Suttree has better narrative, characters and atmosphere. It's also much less didactic with its themes and it's surrealism doesn't need to slap you in the face to make itself known.

>> No.5273084

>>5273077
i haven't read it yet but i want to

>> No.5273092

>>5273077
kill yourself

>> No.5273099

huh, glad I picked up suttree on a whim the other day then

>> No.5273100

>>5273077
you're basically saying Faulkner>McCarthy, and I agree

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>>5273092

>> No.5273353

does Suttree have "iconic", "larger-than-life" characters?

>> No.5273358

>>5273353
you've practically written a blurb just off the cuff

you have a future boy

>> No.5273388

>>5273077
>Suttree
>narrative

It is an interesting, fun novel, but pretending that Suttree has a better plot than Blood Meridian is absolutely silly.

>> No.5274642

you sure its better than a novel about gun obsessed americans killing indians?

wow so deep