Comments on: Cormack McCarthy - The Road http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/ Matt Mecham's Personal Blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:12:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Peter http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7173 Peter Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:54:49 +0000 http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7173 I am new to McCarthy, but I found that once i started to read The Road I was compelled to continue. It is a book that I will not forget and a story that will stay with me more than any other. I look foreward to reading more of his work. This is a very compelling read and I only hope that in the movie coming out that they do it justice. I am new to McCarthy, but I found that once i started to read The Road
I was compelled to continue. It is a book that I will not forget and a story that will stay with me more than any other. I look foreward to reading more of his work. This is a very compelling read and I only hope that in the movie coming out that they do it justice.

]]> By: Line Bonneville http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7169 Line Bonneville Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:54:45 +0000 http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7169 I just love your review, it's quite accurately what I felt. I read that book from cover to cover in the same day, and was truly haunted by it as other readers say they were. Never in my life have I experienced such a strong expression of the terrifying foolishness of man; it made me wonder if man, as a species, is not itself the missing link between homo sapiens and a future, less barbaric, race of creatures. Just to see what McCarthy was writing in his younger days, I read Child Of God the following weekend. Extraordinary novel, with a central character who does terrible things but manages to be sort of likeable in his own way, due to the wonderful prose of the author. I recommend it to everyone. I just love your review, it’s quite accurately what I felt. I read that book from cover to cover in the same day, and was truly haunted by it as other readers say they were. Never in my life have I experienced such a strong expression of the terrifying foolishness of man; it made me wonder if man, as a species, is not itself the missing link between homo sapiens and a future, less barbaric, race of creatures.
Just to see what McCarthy was writing in his younger days, I read Child Of God the following weekend. Extraordinary novel, with a central character who does terrible things but manages to be sort of likeable in his own way, due to the wonderful prose of the author. I recommend it to everyone.

]]> By: will http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7162 will Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:09:41 +0000 http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7162 i lost my dad at a young age. my mom remarried and my stepfather became my dad. He raised me most of my life till he too passed away a few years back. i consider him like the man at the end that the dad passed his son on too, knowing he would be in good hands... now i have 3 sons of my own, and i read this book in a few nights staying up way too late a few times. when i finished, i put the book down and cried for three hours. it was such an emotional journey for me. one i'll never forget...and i didnt even cry when my dad died, but this book let it all out... i lost my dad at a young age. my mom remarried and my stepfather became my dad. He raised me most of my life till he too passed away a few years back. i consider him like the man at the end that the dad passed his son on too, knowing he would be in good hands…

now i have 3 sons of my own, and i read this book in a few nights staying up way too late a few times. when i finished, i put the book down and cried for three hours. it was such an emotional journey for me. one i’ll never forget…and i didnt even cry when my dad died, but this book let it all out…

]]> By: Herb http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7139 Herb Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:26:19 +0000 http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7139 I am not a big fiction reader but this book was recommended by a co-worker and I can't put it down. I love Comacks writing style. I saw the movie 'No Country For Old Men' but now I will read the book. Good blog on a great book! I am not a big fiction reader but this book was recommended by a co-worker and I can’t put it down. I love Comacks writing style. I saw the movie ‘No Country For Old Men’ but now I will read the book. Good blog on a great book!

]]> By: Manny http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7135 Manny Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:33:40 +0000 http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7135 Matt, you accurately described my very own sentiments about this classic work. I have a four year-old son that I often thought of while navigating this novel. Even with all the books and films to date, it is rare for me to starkly imagine survival in such impossibly but realistically dire circumstances presented in "The Road." The audio version, as movingly and convincingly narrated by Tom Stechschulte, heightens the experience. The movie version comes out in November 2008, and a 12-year old actor plays "the boy," whom I rendered to be an 8-year old. Initial reviews indicate faithfulness to the book but I will not be surprised if it fails to capture and convey McCarthy's images, fears, dilemnas, and hopes. Matt, you accurately described my very own sentiments about this classic work. I have a four year-old son that I often thought of while navigating this novel. Even with all the books and films to date, it is rare for me to starkly imagine survival in such impossibly but realistically dire circumstances presented in “The Road.” The audio version, as movingly and convincingly narrated by Tom Stechschulte, heightens the experience. The movie version comes out in November 2008, and a 12-year old actor plays “the boy,” whom I rendered to be an 8-year old. Initial reviews indicate faithfulness to the book but I will not be surprised if it fails to capture and convey McCarthy’s images, fears, dilemnas, and hopes.

]]> By: Ellie http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7129 Ellie Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:00:30 +0000 http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7129 I am partway through the book and loved reading your review. I am utterly depressed and engulfed in the book at the moment. I am torn between regret in having picked it up and appreciation of reading a modern day classic. I am partway through the book and loved reading your review. I am utterly depressed and engulfed in the book at the moment. I am torn between regret in having picked it up and appreciation of reading a modern day classic.

]]> By: Frans http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7060 Frans Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:38:00 +0000 http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7060 Just spent a weekend reading 'The Road' starting with a literal hangover from Friday and ending with a rhetorical hangover from the book Sunday morning. A harrowing read, but I am not convinced it truly captures the authentic bindings between Father and Son. The son was too questioning of his father, the father too permissive of his son. The desolation of the journey and the hopeless goal does not speak of ultimate love. It does speak of our futile attempts to preserve our destiny in the face of insurmountable odds, and pass on such hopelessness to prodigy in an effort to get it right somehow. Enjoy it nevertheless, a classic read. Just spent a weekend reading ‘The Road’ starting with a literal hangover from Friday and ending with a rhetorical hangover from the book Sunday morning. A harrowing read, but I am not convinced it truly captures the authentic bindings between Father and Son. The son was too questioning of his father, the father too permissive of his son. The desolation of the journey and the hopeless goal does not speak of ultimate love. It does speak of our futile attempts to preserve our destiny in the face of insurmountable odds, and pass on such hopelessness to prodigy in an effort to get it right somehow. Enjoy it nevertheless, a classic read.

]]> By: Colin http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7019 Colin Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:40:33 +0000 http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7019 I too so loved this story. Thanks for the writings Matt. "The man is often haunted by his dreams. Dreams of blue skies and green grass." This was a particularly interesting part of the book, the way good dreams meant bad things and vice-versa. Anyway, I recorded an album for the RPM Challenge (rpmchallenge.com) and the third song on the thing is about the road. You can get it here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EVJ1RR6D I too so loved this story. Thanks for the writings Matt. “The man is often haunted by his dreams. Dreams of blue skies and green grass.” This was a particularly interesting part of the book, the way good dreams meant bad things and vice-versa. Anyway, I recorded an album for the RPM Challenge (rpmchallenge.com) and the third song on the thing is about the road. You can get it here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EVJ1RR6D

]]> By: maurice http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7010 maurice Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:49:41 +0000 http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-7010 I read this book on a week long business trip to Vegas, some irony in that juxtaposition for sure, and I have never sobbed so much in public in my life. The story is absolutely haunting. In between reading sessions the book sat on my hotel nightstand and every time I walked by I would look at the book and a knot would form in my stomach. I have NEVER cared for characters in a book as much as I cared for these two. My heart broke with every paragraph. It has been several weeks since reading it and it still invades my daily life. Thoughts of the hardship, the love, the despair and finally, my lack of religious faith. How would my choices expose them selves in a similar situation, would I have the strength and grace to carry the fire... I read this book on a week long business trip to Vegas, some irony in that juxtaposition for sure, and I have never sobbed so much in public in my life. The story is absolutely haunting. In between reading sessions the book sat on my hotel nightstand and every time I walked by I would look at the book and a knot would form in my stomach. I have NEVER cared for characters in a book as much as I cared for these two. My heart broke with every paragraph.

It has been several weeks since reading it and it still invades my daily life. Thoughts of the hardship, the love, the despair and finally, my lack of religious faith. How would my choices expose them selves in a similar situation, would I have the strength and grace to carry the fire…

]]> By: paulos http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-6983 paulos Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:43:04 +0000 http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/#comment-6983 i dont like it. too fake. i dont like it. too fake.

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