http://disqus.com/people/dcd8fb7ab4882537c2ce0ca6a1df159a/enTue, 02 Dec 2008 23:14:23 -0000http://davidrdesign.disqus.com/quick_what8217s_the_first_thing_you_see/#comment-4140070Scott's face.Stephen DonnerTue, 02 Dec 2008 23:14:23 -0000http://johnlillyblog.disqus.com/all_the_pretty_horses_by_cormac_mccarthy/#comment-1418757I read this book for my senior seminar, which was thematically "medieval romance," and we examined the ways in which ATPH exhibited some of its key characteristics.<br><br>Yes, tough prose--little punctuation--but certainly not as difficult as, say, Faulkner, though it's been compared to that quite often.<br><br>The story itself is unimpressive to me; it resounds on a different realm than plot. I think it successfully captures the feel of the decay of the old west particularly well, though.Stephen DonnerThu, 12 Jul 2007 21:56:12 -0000