Cormac McCarthy's Library
maitland
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October 30, 2026
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dang
Related: Cormac McCarthy's personal library - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45444694 - Oct 2025 (138 comments)
fallinditch
A random book from the collection looks interesting: Correction by Thomas Bernhard. Described as “a mesmerising, claustrophobic novel about obsession, genius and the impossibility of perfection. Structured in two enormous, uninterrupted blocks of prose, it follows an unnamed narrator reconstructing the life of his dead friend Roithamer, before becoming absorbed in his manuscripts. Sentences spiral, repeat and contradict themselves, creating the sensation of being trapped inside an endlessly turning mind. Roithamer is modelled partly on Ludwig Wittgenstein, particularly his intellectual austerity and obsessive pursuit of perfection, reflected in his design of an extraordinary house for his sister. A darkly comic, exhilarating and exhausting masterpiece.” Adding to my ‘want to read’ list now … A review: https://proletarianpolyglot.substack.com/p/correction-by-tho...
UncleOxidant
> 10 Days to Faster Reading He's got so many books, did it work?
cellsstudio
Side question: how grim is the the Road? I've been meaning to pick it up because I love No Country but I've heard that the Road is just bleaker than bleak.