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A review of Suttree by Cormac McCarthy.
I've been do some research into my main issue with the narrator in this novel.
I found the following thread extremely helpful - reddit.com/r/cormacmccarthy/comments/up69tm/so_is_mccarthy_a_racist/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
I understand it sounds like I'm saying McCarthy is the narrator etc... I know that isn't the case. And i've found some interesting articles and videos tackling similar issues in fiction. However, I can only view a piece of literature through my current mindset... and even after researching, the use of racial slurs still seemed unnecessary from the narrators perspective, many ways to keep the tone and feel of the novel and use language of the time period that didn't involve the use of racial slurs. You may disagree, and I think you are justified in thinking so. As always, McCarthy has challenged my thinking, and that's always a win from any book.
This compelling novel has as its protagonist Cornelius Suttree, living alone and in exile in a disintegrating houseboat on the wrong side of the Tennessee River close by Knoxville. He stays at the edge of an outcast community inhabited by eccentrics, criminals and the poverty-stricken. Rising above the physical and human squalor around him, his detachment and wry humour enable him to survive dereliction and destitution with dignity.
A review of Suttree by Cormac McCarthy.
I've been do some research into my main issue with the narrator in this novel.
I found the following thread extremely helpful - reddit.com/r/cormacmccarthy/comments/up69tm/so_is_mccarthy_a_racist/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
I understand it sounds like I'm saying McCarthy is the narrator etc... I know that isn't the case. And i've found some interesting articles and videos tackling similar issues in fiction. However, I can only view a piece of literature through my current mindset... and even after researching, the use of racial slurs still seemed unnecessary from the narrators perspective, many ways to keep the tone and feel of the novel and use language of the time period that didn't involve the use of racial slurs. You may disagree, and I think you are justified in thinking so. As always, McCarthy has challenged my thinking, and that's always a win from any book.
This compelling novel has as its protagonist Cornelius Suttree, living alone and in exile in a disintegrating houseboat on the wrong side of the Tennessee River close by Knoxville. He stays at the edge of an outcast community inhabited by eccentrics, criminals and the poverty-stricken. Rising above the physical and human squalor around him, his detachment and wry humour enable him to survive dereliction and destitution with dignity.
