SOURCE: "Border Crossings, Real and Symbolic," in The New York Times, June 21, 1994, p. C21.
In the following negative review, Kakutani discusses the influence of Faulkner on McCarthy's writing and compares The Crossing to Faulkner's story, The Bear. Faulting The Crossing's "self-importance" and "pretentious prose," Kakutani dismisses the novel as a "loose variation" on the themes of All the Pretty Horses.
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