Book Review
Jan. 14th, 2008 10:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariNo Country for Old Men
by Cormac McCarthy
It's pretty rare for me to read a book so soon after seeing the movie version, so this was a very interesting reading experience. McCarthy's style is very spare and blunt - there's not a lot of extra anything. I think the film's use of space and silence reflects this prose style quite well. The Coen brothers also stuck very closely to the plot and dialog, so there weren't any true surprises for me. I think the book is in many ways bleaker and more pessimistic than the film.
by Cormac McCarthy
It's pretty rare for me to read a book so soon after seeing the movie version, so this was a very interesting reading experience. McCarthy's style is very spare and blunt - there's not a lot of extra anything. I think the film's use of space and silence reflects this prose style quite well. The Coen brothers also stuck very closely to the plot and dialog, so there weren't any true surprises for me. I think the book is in many ways bleaker and more pessimistic than the film.
