The death of the novelist Cormac McCarthy on Tuesday prompted an outpouring from readers, who shared favorite passages, memories of reading his books — and occasionally, encounters with the reclusive writer. Here is a selection of those comments, reflecting the many ways McCarthy’s writing — often described as haunting and
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Cormac McCarthy Movies: Stream These 5 Film Adaptations
By turns terse, poetic and baroque, able to find the essence of human nature in the bleakest of circumstances, Cormac McCarthy, who died Tuesday, was widely considered to be one of the greatest novelists of his generation. His writing, with its Western landscapes, noir-inflected dialogue and biblical inclinations, proved to
Cormac McCarthy’s Best Books: A Guide
Cormac McCarthy, who died on Tuesday at the age of 89, was renowned for stark and violent novels of the American South and West that were distinguished by a merciless vision and nearly biblical prose. From the start his writing drew comparisons to novelists as different as William Faulkner and
Stream These Five Cormac McCarthy Film Adaptations
By turns terse, poetic and baroque, able to find the essence of human nature in the bleakest of circumstances, Cormac McCarthy, who died Tuesday, was widely considered to be one of the greatest novelists of his generation. His writing, with its Western landscapes, noir-inflected dialogue and biblical inclinations, proved to
Cormac McCarthy, American novelist of the stark and dark, dies at 89
Cormac McCarthy attends the New York premiere of The Road, the film adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, in 2009. Mark Von Holden/Getty Images For Dimension Films hide caption toggle caption Mark Von Holden/Getty Images For Dimension Films Cormac McCarthy attends the New York premiere of
Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89
Cormac McCarthy, the formidable and reclusive writer of Appalachia and the American Southwest, whose raggedly ornate early novels about misfits and grotesques gave way to the lush taciturnity of “All the Pretty Horses” and the apocalyptic minimalism of “The Road,” died on Tuesday at his home in Santa Fe, N.M.
Cormac McCarthy to Publish Two New Novels
Throughout a uncommon look in Santa Fe, N.M., in 2015, Cormac McCarthy provided a tantalizing glimpse of his work in progress: “The Passenger,” a novel that explored esoteric concepts about math, physics and the character of consciousness. Readers have been looking forward to the novel ever since. Extensively revered as
No, Cormac McCarthy Isn’t on Twitter. Don’t Be Fooled by the Test Mark.
The verify mark gave it a semblance of legitimacy, however a well-liked Twitter account related to Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of “The Highway” and “No Nation for Outdated Males,” that went from being verified to not is a pretend, his agent mentioned on Monday. The account, @CormacMcCrthy, had