Stella Maris: Cormac McCarthy

Il libro è una passeggiata sull'orlo dell'abisso. McCarthy è un genio.

Cormac McCarthy's narrative pays tribute to directed dialogue in prose. A psychiatrist and his patient form a rich exchange highly revealing of the complexities of mental health and mental capacity. Between Stella Maris and The Passenger, McCarthy shows himself a master of real-life dialogue; he creates a near perfect house for his characters which yields a higher vision of human nature. The attention to it is phenomenally well worded. McCarthy's novels reawaken the question of our own consciousness even in the simplest of relations.

I think it’s incredible; a unique meditation on existence, love, reality and perception; to name a few. I think you have to have a relationship you really want to develop with the character from The Passenger. If you don’t, you’re likely to struggle. The book doesn’t compromise either in terms of the conversational devices and themes it uses but it would have been impossible to write the character and get into the areas it ventures if he’d dumbed down. I cried instantly at the end.

Interesting and of course well written in McCarthys trade mark style , it is none the less very slow paced with a payoff / ending that may not please all readers. For long term McCarthy fans only.

I would recommend reading his book The Passenger before this one both very enjoyable.