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Flutch
Jun 26, 2008

snoremac posted:

Alice's description of a drowning death hosed with me.

Absolutely same.

The back half of Stella Maris was really great, and it improved my view of The Passenger as well, which I already quite enjoyed.

It took my dense rear end until the extended discussion of the summer of dating Bobby at the end of SM for me to realize what The Kid is a manifestation/symbol of. drat!

What a deeply tragic and pondersome pair of books.

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Flutch
Jun 26, 2008

Proust Malone posted:

So what do you think the kid is a symbol of?

My read was that The Kid is both a manifestation of the child she wants with Bobby and of the incest taboo (bc of his deformity) that keeps her apart from him.

Flutch
Jun 26, 2008

word is that mccarthy is writing the blood meridian script. :o

this somewhat changes my outlook.

e: source https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2023/6/tbqx1qxmd5ulqxhzegp2k7bocqchvp

Flutch fucked around with this message at 22:25 on Jun 4, 2023

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