Blood Meridian

Or the Evening Redness in the West

By: Cormac McCarthy

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Author of the National Book Award-winning All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy is one of the most provocative American stylists to emerge in the last century. The striking novel Blood Meridian offers an unflinching narrative of the brutality that accompanied the push west on the 1850s Texas frontier.©1985 Cormac McCarthy (P)2007 Recorded Books

Critic reviews

“The authentic American apocalyptic novel…I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable as Blood Meridian.” (Harold Bloom)

"McCarthy is a writer to be read, to be admired, and quite honestly envied." (Ralph Ellison)

"McCarthy is a born narrator, and his writing has, line by line, the stab of actuality. He is here to stay." (Robert Penn Warren)

Masterpiece

Relentlessly brutal, yet effortlessly beautiful. A new favorite. Perhaps one of the greatest novels of the modern era

could listen to it again and again

Would you listen to Blood Meridian again? Why?

yes, so much that my wandering mind possibly missed

What did you like best about this story?

historical fiction is my favorite. the setting in the southwest is familiar

Which scene was your favorite?

not sure that there is a favorite. will listen again. and again. and again...

Who was the most memorable character of Blood Meridian and why?

the judge at the end and the kids friend that is missing ears

Any additional comments?

cormac mccarthy has an interesting technique. both books that ive listened to have had the same effect regardless of the difference of the narrators. both narrators did an excellent job.. both stories moved quickly. enough that i know that i would find plenty in a second and even third listen.

an incredible story about the nature of evil

the whole book is bleak but it's bleakness has a point, and that is that evil will never stop or subside and all that needs to happen is for good or decent men to stand by.

You Will Lose Sleep

It’s an amazing story and the writing is beautiful, but it will hurt you. I had very little faith in humanity to lose, but this novel might’ve scraped a little of the last of it away.

No Idea what that story was.

I listen to books while farming. Usually I miss a few words or sentences as I'm working because I am focused on work. I rarely find this to hinder my comprehension, this was an exception. I have very little understanding of the story... hard to follow.