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Cormac McCarthy`s bleak vision of the American landscape has always had a cataclysmic undertone, so it comes as no surprise that THE ROAD is actually set in a post-apocalyptic world of ash and bitter cold where cannibalistic marauders roam the countryside. In this dire place, a man and his son travel towards the sea armed only with a revolver and two bullets. Their love for each other is fierce, but the son begins to realize that his father has, in his desperation, become as savage and brutal as the world around him. Cormac McCarthy writes with a searing white heat, his images and language strike deep in the reader, and his vision of humanity is inexorable and haunting.
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A talented writer as always delivers! If you have read "All the Pretty Horses," or "No Country For Old Men," then "The Road" is a must.
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Cormac McCarthy is America's best living novelist, in my opinion. This new novel follows an unnamed father and his young son as they trek across a lifeless, post-apocalyptic America. Every town is a ghost town and every person they come across a threat. McCarthy shows us that even in a bleak and futureless world, life still has value. Human goodness counts for something. The relationship between the father and son is really authentic and touching. I love this novel and you will too.
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A bleak father-and-son journey along a claustrophobic road haunted by memories behind and unknowing ahead, undoing from the left and undoing from the right. Poisoned, traumatized, the man sleepless, hyper-vigilant, the boy exhausted, constantly begging affirmation. Consider the single-word question "okay?" that burns the conscience at every turn. A story of unbelievable willpower and redemption at the core of all human experience; a heartbreaking love story.
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Carley from Avid reader in Texas, Nov 17, 2006
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I am a huge fan of McCarthy and his new book did not disappoint. While the plot sounds like "Mad-Max" with its post-apocolyptic setting, it has an interesting take on the emotional aspect of survival. I found myself wondering if I would be able to survive in a world so full of despair and hopelessness...I finished the book in one day because I couldn't bear not knowing how it ended. Definitely worth reading!
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