Wonderful and diverse references. Cellars evoke memories of nature because of their proximity to the earth, water and a reassuring embrace of enclosing walls.
Yes. There's something a bit disconcerting about that, too - because buildings are supposed to "control" nature, ie, keep it outside. But moisture and insects, etc, find their way into cellars, so of course, nature always wins.
And how about that wonderful cellar/bomb shelter in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road? Of all the underground places I know about or read about, it is the most healing and peaceful one ever, a light of comfort in the heartbreaking bleakness of that book.
Oh, interesting. I will admit here, I haven't read that book. It's part of my studied avoidance of dystopian / apocalyptic fiction. But I might be tempted on the strength of this cellar endorsement. Does it fall early or later in the story?
Wonderful and diverse references. Cellars evoke memories of nature because of their proximity to the earth, water and a reassuring embrace of enclosing walls.
Yes. There's something a bit disconcerting about that, too - because buildings are supposed to "control" nature, ie, keep it outside. But moisture and insects, etc, find their way into cellars, so of course, nature always wins.
This is true. So many cellars are damp and are breached in some way which then invites insects.
I mean - they *are* underground, so the insects aren't really to blame for doing their thing.
God bless Gary Larsen!
And how about that wonderful cellar/bomb shelter in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road? Of all the underground places I know about or read about, it is the most healing and peaceful one ever, a light of comfort in the heartbreaking bleakness of that book.
Oh, interesting. I will admit here, I haven't read that book. It's part of my studied avoidance of dystopian / apocalyptic fiction. But I might be tempted on the strength of this cellar endorsement. Does it fall early or later in the story?
Yes, it’s not an easy book, but I am a McCarthy fan. It’s actually more about a father’s love for his son.
The cellar story is about halfway through the book.
Thanks.