Stella Maris, by Cormac McCarthy, and Bunnahabhain 12, Part 1
CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of suicide.
Michael and Ethan begin their discussion of Stella Maris, by Cormac McCarthy, while drinking Bunnahabhain 12yo single malt.
In this episode:
We’re sleeping together on the couch/futon tonight
Cover blurbs, or, the marketing materials are contributing to the discussion of what these books are
Hot takes on Pynchon cover blurbs, with a side-route into conspiracy
Is Stella Maris a coda?
If you stretch, and stretch, and stretch, and bring in GK Chesterton, maybe anything can be repaired
Why do Bobby and the Thalamide Kid both have flippers replacing certain digits?
Is the story a Socratic dialogue, a Platonic dialogue, or a story where the character Alicia is constructing a Socratic/Platonic dialogue?
Mathematics vs. philosophy vs. the looney bin
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