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Blood Meridian

Or the Evening Redness in the West

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Blood Meridian

By: Cormac McCarthy
Narrated by: Richard Poe
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About this listen

 Author of the National Book Award-winning All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy is one of the most provocative American stylists to emerge in the last century. The striking novel Blood Meridian offers an unflinching narrative of the brutality that accompanied the push west on the 1850s Texas frontier.©1985 Cormac McCarthy (P)2007 Recorded Books Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Heartfelt Scary Emotionally Gripping Old West Wild West

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Critic reviews

“The authentic American apocalyptic novel…I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable as Blood Meridian.” (Harold Bloom)
"McCarthy is a writer to be read, to be admired, and quite honestly envied." (Ralph Ellison)
"McCarthy is a born narrator, and his writing has, line by line, the stab of actuality. He is here to stay." (Robert Penn Warren)
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a cruel, searing, oppressive, brutal, savage, barbaric and overwhelming journey of the human soul that is a brilliant, dazzling, heart-stopping and mind-bending piece of literature. i am still numbed from this experience.

beauty and the beast

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Biblical in size, prose and meaning, a glimpse into hell and the ending leaves you empty.

Brutal Masterpiece

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The horror of this book is even more extreme when listened to. A tsunami of violence, metaphors, landscapes and philosophical musings. Will be too much for many but if you have the stomach, this is incredible. Narrator was excellent.

Gruesome Poetry

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Enjoyed this audio book very much
Hopefully they will be more books
Must read on your list

Lovely book

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If you could sum up Blood Meridian in three words, what would they be?

Dark, Bloody, Violent.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Blood Meridian?

Its not a specific moment, it happens over the course of a few chapters, but its when the judge turns up the scary to 11 and you arn't sure if he's actually the devil or just really really bad.

What does Richard Poe bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

He rocks, perfect tone and accent, you can feel the trail dust and heat.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

There are a lot of moments when I found myself thinking 'oh please no, don't' and Mr McCarthy goes right ahead and does it. lots an lots of times. There's a feeling of inevitability to The Kid's story, its moving but in a bleak way.

Brutal

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