#the lack of distinction and body creates this dissociative quality i really really enjoy

[leonsrightarm]

i started reading mccarthy's all the pretty horses and so far it reminds me a lot of how i felt reading death comes for the archbishop i.e. a lot like a landscape painting. except cather's book felt more like a landscape painting in which humans are alien in their surroundings and action disrupts the landscape whereas w/ mccarthy the people bleed into each other and the landscape. bodies don't get carefully described and when description is made it creates a really specific snapshot image, such as the cowboy standing leaning against the wall with one boot up against the wall behind them. very distinct, like a painting itself, which inevitably makes you think of "picturebook horses." everyone seems like a "picturebook person" i guess. anyway i'm only about a quarter of the way into the book so we'll see how i feel later.