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Nov. 20th, 2002 02:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
decemberthirtyStill reading All the Pretty Horses. Now that I've gotten into the story a little bit, it doesn't seem nearly as hard as it did at first. McCarthy's style just takes a little getting used to, but now that I'm used to his writing, it really isn't that hard at all. And I think I've developed an appreciation for some of his stylistic devices. His mixture of extremely long and extremely short sentences, as well as his disregard for conventional grammar, create an interesting rhythm that seems to mimic the pacing of the story.
Plus, I like it because it's a cowboy story. It's a return to the same West Texas and Mexico territory of Larry McMurtry. In a way, it almost seems like Rawlins and John Grady are example of what Gus and Call might have been like if they'd be born a hundred years later.
Plus, I like it because it's a cowboy story. It's a return to the same West Texas and Mexico territory of Larry McMurtry. In a way, it almost seems like Rawlins and John Grady are example of what Gus and Call might have been like if they'd be born a hundred years later.
