blood, guts, gore, and the wild wild west by cormac.
as a palette cleanser, the grandfather or alternative mangaās autobiographical masterpiece. Incredible read if you are curious about the history of manga, postwar japan, or the creative process of manga-making in general.
Like 60% through. Just when it was getting a bit meandering, Mccarthy brought back my favorite character and used them for one off scenes that played like a Revenant-esque survival story. This is one of the best American novels I have ever read. I know thatās not a new take.
A beautiful portrait of the land I love in the American west, pitted against all ill and evil man can do. Really engaging set pieces, some of the best descriptions Iāve read, sprawling prose. The worst parts of being a man amidst beautiful and unforgiving country. Side note if you meet someone who says this book is āawesomeā, run quickly.
one of kazuo ishiguroās lesser talked about novels (when compared with things like remains of the day and the unconsoled). itās a really great character piece about a man who has to rectify with his legacy as an artist, a father, and a human being, under the backdrop of post-war japan. ono as a narrator is captivating because of how stubbornly warped his recollection and interpretation of his own legacy and life is, and itās really enthralling to see how ishiguro paints (no pun intended) the man as simultaneously sympathetic but unapologetically fixed in his mindset of his legacy. its a poignant book on the idiotic male obsession with image and legacy in the eyes of the broader world, as well as touching on themes of guilt and aging. really good read!
