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allenac87
Suttree | Cormac McCarthy
Mehso-so

Beautiful prose covering the dystopic and disgusting. Just not my cup of tea though as far as the story

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Therewillbebooks
Suttree | Cormac McCarthy
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It's that time again, to pick our favorites from the last year. What was our favorite book? Who wrote our favorite prose? Who was the best villain? Join us for our annual Book Oscars! We have those categories plus lots more. Let us know if you agree or disagree with our selections by reaching out to us on our socials. As always thanks for listening!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7at8MqW5aS6Yin4N3YJRts

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ClairesReads
Suttree | Cormac McCarthy
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Pickpick

“But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse” about sums up Suttree. I realise this doesn‘t make it sound like a good book, but it is. There‘s not enough words, nor can I use them well enough to explain how masterful McCarthy‘s prose is. As always a challenge and pleasure to read his work.

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nosferatu
Suttree | Cormac McCarthy
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Pickpick

Suttree had spent years on my bookshelf, having the doubtful honour of being the only McCarthy novel I hadn‘t read yet. I used this year‘s summer vacation to finally tackle – and enjoy – those 460 pages of small print and few punctuation marks.

Suttree is something of a tragic hero, who seems to have chosen a life of poverty and violence in 1950s Knoxville, told through many short and a few extensive episodes. There is something …

nosferatu … strangely Huck Finn/Tom Sawyer-esque about these loosely connected chapters, which alternate between depressingly sad (classic McCarthy) and outrageously funny (a surprise). The only aspect that started bothering me after a while is the narrator‘s constant desire to point out otherness, bordering on racism and sexism. Still, a great, unusual story. 1y
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lynneamch
Suttree | Cormac McCarthy
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Recalling a time on Market Square in Knoxville when this tribute to Cormac McCarthy was literally at my feet as I watched a concert there. Sad news of his passing today.

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Therewillbebooks
Suttree | Cormac McCarthy
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Our episode on Cormac McCarthy's brilliant Suttree with special guest Aldous Asterion from The Forest of Symbols podcast is up and out! Aldous helps us sort through the symbolism and philosophy underlying the novel and Peter and I do our best to keep up. Check it out on Spotify or iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6GdL20fv8FtJi4FzT5aCOE

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Therewillbebooks
Suttree | Cormac McCarthy
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Special episode this week, we are joined by Aldous Asterion, host of the podcast, “The Forest of Symbols.“ Asterion helps us unpack Cormac McCarthy's 1979 classic novel, “Suttree.“ Join us as we delve deep in the novel and McCarthy in general. We had a great time discussing this surprisingly humorous novel with the very knowledgeable, Aldous Asterion.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6GdL20fv8FtJi4FzT5aCOE

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starlight97
Suttree | Cormac McCarthy
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Bailedbailed

After reading the first page of this book, I felt that I'm going to have to give back my advanced English language certificate. But after finding webpages with titles like "Where does McCarthy get his words?" and "Words McCarthy Uses in His Novels" I felt a bit relieved. Still it was too much right now. I loved all his other novels so I'll definitely give it another go later.

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BC_Dittemore
Suttree | Cormac McCarthy
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Pickpick

Suttree flawlessly grasps the ethos of the quintessential American novel. It seethes Steinbeck, Faulkner, O‘Connor, etc. More a character study presented through a series of vignettes, Suttree can be frustrating in its reluctance to provide any conclusions to the often humorous and engaging stories, or presenting any real plot. But the writing here is masterful, brutal, and beautiful. And like all great American novels, it will leave you in awe.

BC_Dittemore I do need to point out that I listened to this on audiobook. Richard Poe‘s weathered voice was the perfect choice to give life to Suttree and its world-weary characters. 2y
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cant_i'm_booked
Suttree | Cormac McCarthy
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Proud of myself for finally getting another bookshelf and shelving (by genre? alphabetical order? In the end, it was a mix) the piles of books sitting around my apartment. Look at all that floor space now! Had some fun doing it too: spent an entire afternoon and evening revisiting some books I completely forgot I had (e.g. next stop, digging into some Cormac McCarthy).

BarbaraBB 😍😍 3y
BookDadGirlDad Beware!!! You will begin to look at your shelves and think "Ya know, if I rearrange a little, I can fit more books on those shelves." ??? 3y
BookmarkTavern Looks amazing! 🤩 3y
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cant_i'm_booked @BookDadGirlDad oh for sure! im already fighting the urge to book-buy-binge just because ive created a little shelf space. 3y
BookDadGirlDad I don't fight the urge. Which is why I am CONSTANTLY rearranging, moving, etc... 3y
cant_i'm_booked @ozma.of.oz Thank you! Always a work in progress. 3y
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