Book description
Death is always the issue-in life, and in the Western. Joel and Ethan Coen's The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a movie of six Western stories. In each, our common destination is approached by a different road. Through each, diverse characters hurry for their final appointment: Oregon Trail-travelers, a gold…
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1 author picked The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I could not wipe the smile from my face for the entirety of Joel and Ethan Cohen’s collection of short stories, where the hard-scrabbled western frontier meets the supernatural meets Vaudeville.
The images of the bank robber who is hung twice and the miner who thinks he is digging for gold but soon discovers he has dug his own grave are but two examples of how the collection explores the myth of the American frontier and uncovers the darker and occasionally absurd aspects of human nature–hallmarks of the Western and Southern Gothic genres, respectively.
From J.E.'s list on emotional Southern Gothic and Western novels.
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