This is a moving passage, and pretty excellent, in my mind at least. Firstly, the two sentences at the beginning combining into one in the last sentence. Second, I imagine this is concerning death or possibly someone one mentally not being all there. A slow passage into madness or mental illness, possibly. Out of context, it could also be a response to some sort of intense trauma, like the loss of a child, and watching someone respond to that.

I was just thinking about what works of his would be a good starting point, and I think you’re right. It has a pacing and plot that might be more digestible to casual readers and new-to-the-author readers, too.

Do you read a lot of literature? I’d not recommend that as an intro to the author, though I started with one of his lesser known works anyway and found it to be even more stylized and in his voice. I don’t find him any more or less challenging than other authors of the same skill, though. Reading Blood Meridian after Lincoln in the Bardo was a breath of fresh air lol. It’s more dense and slower to digest, sometimes shocking in its brutality, so take your time.

What do you normally read? Maybe break it up with some light nonfiction or something.