![]() ![]() Here, the end of the world just plain sucks. This was the first time I visited a world that was truly ruined, and not a stand-in for any kind of adventure or catharsis. And weirdly (at least for McCarthy), this book ends on an optimistic note (at least for McCarthy). The writing is so spectacular I had to stop and take breaks, like you do during a special meal. This is Cormac we’re talking about here, so the ruined world is an absolutely miserable place where humanity has been reduced to a bunch of heartless cannibals roaming around in puffer Patagonia. They keep writing ‘em, I’ll keep reading ‘em. ![]() Similarly, apocalypse stories are an attempt to write the epitaph of all humanity.įor me, apocalypse novels will never get old. All doomsday stories essentially ask the same central dramatic question: at the end of it all, what really mattered? One of my personal essay professors at school once asked us to sum up our lives into a single headstone epitaph, and then go on from there. ![]()
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