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Cormac McCarthy, Author of ‘The Road’ and ‘No Country for Old Men,’ Dead at 89 (www.npr.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by rskn@lemmy.world to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] rskn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Do you mean that it helped you cope with the flipside of joy and fear that comes with having a child?

You hit the nail on the head. Along with self sacrifice and making difficult decisions for the well-being of a child, The Road brings these topics to the forefront.

And thanks for the heads up! I've been really into PKD lately, but after hearing this news, I might need to work my way back through McCarthy.

I haven't heard of LitCharts before, but I might have to give it a try. I tried reading Gravity's Rainbow and basically gave up. This might've saved me.