All the Pretty Horses: Pages 1-59

Close Reads Podcast

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Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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In which Tim returns, we introduce Cormac McCarthy, and we discuss his formal genius. Join David, Heidi, and Tim as they dive into All the Pretty Horses, looking at a couple of essential early passage that define the book and its themes, as well as the uniquely Old Testament formal approach McCarthy brings to his books.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm David Kern.
0:03.4	I'm Heidi White.
0:04.4	And I'm Tim McIntosh.
0:05.8	And you are listening to Close Reeds, a podcast for The Incurable Reader on which we are
0:10.4	going to be discussing Comac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses.
0:13.8	But here's the big news, the best news.
0:17.1	Tim's back!
0:18.1	Yes.
0:19.1	Tim's back.
0:20.1	This is so exciting.
0:21.6	And welcome back.
0:22.5	You know, Tim, we had a great time talking to Karen Swallow prior about Jane Eyre.
0:27.1	It was a good time.
0:28.3	But there's nothing like being reunited with your good buddies.
0:31.8	On a book that I love with all my heart.
0:35.0	On a book that is in some ways like the exact opposite of Jane Eyre.
0:40.0	So many ways it is the exact opposite of Jane.
0:43.3	And yet in some ways, it's similar.
0:47.8	I'm dying to hear how it's similar because I don't know.
0:51.3	I don't know how it's similar.
0:53.4	Like they're both bound pages with print on them.
0:56.3	Well, they're both coming of age novels. The journey of the self. Yeah, okay, that's fair. Yeah.
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