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The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
5.0

sad fucking book, yet beautiful in every way. a story of loss (as many McCarthy novels) and about building history and memories upon the dead and the gone and the leaving. a story about traveling and never regretting a thing, no matter the pain it brings. a man learns many things and forgets many others in the way there. in the end, he lies broken, knowing that the first crossing of the border was, perhaps, the beginning of his undoing. he's back home now. there's nothing for him there.

I'd give this fucking book 6 stars if I could. it's even better than ATPH, in my opinion. sadder, less merciful upon its main character, but just a much heavier, god-loaded craft. what a good fucking novel. i could cry. i want to.