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The Road (review)

The Road (review) NEW APPALACHIAN BOOKS Reviews Cormac McCarthy. The Road. New York: Knopf, 2006. 256 pages. Hardback in dust jacket. $24.00 "Where men can't live gods fare no better. " Cormac McCarthy Cormac McCarthy has established a literary oeuvre such that each new work is judged not only for the story it tells but in relation to the body of work that precedes it. His literary style is marked by two outstanding traits: first is the unique poetic lyricism of his language and second is his ability to tell the untold tale with a style whereby major aspects of plot development are revealed by their absence. In his books, especially in his earlier works, there are passages which are outstanding for their sheer lyrical beauty. These passages hit some neuroaesthetic circuit in the brain and create the same type of experience as standing in front of a work of art in a museum. He writes with unexpectedly imagistic prose that comes at you intense with literary creativity. This made him a writer's writer, for many years widely acclaimed by the literati but unrecognized by the public at large. After his fourth book he moved from East Tennessee to Texas and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

The Road (review)

J.M. White (Steamer)
Appalachian Review , Volume 35 (1) – Jan 8, 2007
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NEW APPALACHIAN BOOKS Reviews Cormac McCarthy. The Road. New York: Knopf, 2006. 256 pages. Hardback in dust jacket. $24.00 "Where men can't live gods fare no better. " Cormac McCarthy Cormac McCarthy has established a literary oeuvre such that each new work is judged not only for the story it tells but in relation to the body of work that precedes it. His literary style is marked by two outstanding traits: first is the unique poetic lyricism of his language and second is his ability to tell the untold tale with a style whereby major aspects of plot development are revealed by their absence. In his books, especially in his earlier works, there are passages which are outstanding for their sheer lyrical beauty. These passages hit some neuroaesthetic circuit in the brain and create the same type of experience as standing in front of a work of art in a museum. He writes with unexpectedly imagistic prose that comes at you intense with literary creativity. This made him a writer's writer, for many years widely acclaimed by the literati but unrecognized by the public at large. After his fourth book he moved from East Tennessee to Texas and

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Published: Jan 8, 2007

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