Also recommended is Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or The evening redness in the west (Picador, London, 1990). This novel has resonances with the Bhagavad Gita on many levels. It is set in a time of violence, uncertainty and rapid change,
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“Blessedness is not the reward of virtue: it is virtue itself. We do not find joy in virtue because we control our lusts: but, contrariwise, because we find joy in virtue we are able to control our lusts.”
― The Bhagavad Gita
― The Bhagavad Gita
“And he couldn’t do it. He could not fucking die. How could he leave? How could he go? Everything he hated was here.”
― Sabbath's Theater
― Sabbath's Theater
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