tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043273283783489008.post2443767681352225316..comments2024-02-29T02:54:19.767-05:00Comments on Babbling Books: Blood MeridianBrian Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043273283783489008.post-30587647479827750552017-05-05T23:00:21.364-04:002017-05-05T23:00:21.364-04:00I should mention that Triton is science fiction. B...I should mention that Triton is science fiction. But not conventional science fiction. It is odd, post modern. It explores all kinds of gender and other social issues. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043273283783489008.post-21902530556605674212017-05-05T22:28:07.793-04:002017-05-05T22:28:07.793-04:00Funny, I don't know which one outdoes the othe...Funny, I don't know which one outdoes the other one, Blood Meridian, or The Road. The Road wasn't disturbing. OK, hard to explain without spoilers. All through the book I was nervous. Is Cormack going to play a dishonest card with me, reader? But no, he was painful but tender and honest. Sort of what you say at the end of this post. If you can go through the book, there's more in it than that. I had to get used to it a bit (that's why I had to pick it up a second time, the first time I was very nervous and suspicious). And it's strange, a 'traditional' book such as Suskind's The Perfume -which I have put myself through twice, (oh, the things we do, the things we do), come to think about it, is much more disturbing than The Road. The Road is happening in a post apocalyptic world, while The Perfume happens in an uneventful and peaceful French town!<br />And thanks for the recommendation. I love the odd and not disturbing. I had not heard of Triton at all, because when it comes to postmodern I'm an absolute ignorant.Silviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249978624747684879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043273283783489008.post-32492352076617227192017-05-05T19:14:04.641-04:002017-05-05T19:14:04.641-04:00Hi Silvia - Thanks for stopping by.
I have actua...Hi Silvia - Thanks for stopping by. <br /><br />I have actually stayed away from The Road as I thought that it might be a bit too disturbing. <br /><br />As for post modern books that deal with morality, I recently reread Samuel R. Delany's Triton. That book was extremely odd, but not disturbing.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043273283783489008.post-22659526504823636432017-05-05T17:45:36.344-04:002017-05-05T17:45:36.344-04:00Prospective readers need to be warned, this is one...Prospective readers need to be warned, this is one of the most violent pieces of fiction that I have read. If you do not want to read page after page about killings and torture, then do not read this. I emphasize, this book is filled with graphic and brutal viciousness.<br /><br />Really? (says she in a shocked voice).<br /><br />Oh, no! I just bought it, and thought it'd be a different, possibly less cold than The Road. When it donged on me that it's titled BLOOD Meridian, and that won't be without a reason.<br /><br />I'll see if I'm cut for it. I know he's more than just gratuitously violent. Lately I am desperate trying to cut my postmodern teeth with worthy authors who at the root keep some moral rules of play. We'll see. Silviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249978624747684879noreply@blogger.com