Questions tagged [outer-dark]
For questions about the novel "Outer Dark", a novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. Questions regarding this work should also be tagged with [cormac-mccarthy].
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Approximate year in which Outer Dark is occurring?
The Wikipedia article indicates that it occurs at the turn of the 20th century and I think I recall that also from the cover of a copy I read.
There is remarkably little technology mentioned -- I do ...
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In Outer Dark, is the Tinker a good man?
He finds the infant and seems to want to take care of it. On the other hand, when we later encounter the child, it shows signs of grievous injury that it seems must have occurred (or probably) while ...
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Why is Cormac McCarthy's prose so often described as "sparse"
It is not uncommon to hear the work of American author Cormac McCarthy described as "sparse", "terse", "spartan" or some other similar descriptor.
Some examples:
An extensive body of criticism ...
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