Mike Addington's Blog - Posts Tagged "appalachia"

Just read "Outer Dark" by C McCarthy, which captures the microcosm of generationally poor Appalachia life style in vivid detail. Too vivid on occasion. Quite graphic and dark with long beautifully written sentences, which, at times, didn't add anything to either the character or the story. I'd really like to know his thinking behind some of paragraph-long descriptive sentences that, eg, only impart that a horse is coming down the lane (see end of approx third chapter from the end; chapters aren't named or numbered). His writing style has changed so much from earlier works to, eg, "No Country for Old Men," which I liked much better. Kinda weird: I'm a fan of his, but at times I wonder "what the heck was he thinking?" at some sentences or depictions.