Description:
A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece. A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. They sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food-and each other.
- Author:
- McCarthy, Cormac
- ISBN:
- 9780307387899
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publish Date:
- 03/28/2007
- Publisher:
- Vintage Books
- Language:
- English
Customer Reviews
This is an excellent book!!! I read it in a couple of days and will read it again. I passed it on to my sister.
I really wanted to like this book but it just depressed me. I enjoyed the literary style but didn't feel the story line had much substance. It may have just not been my type of book.
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Cormac McCarthy is a brilliant writer. His sentences are short, concise and profound. The Road is a look at what would happen at the end of our world from Cormac McCarthy's perspective. It is dark and bleak with a flicker of light. The story follows the journey of a father and son and their struggle to survive. I was deeply moved by their bond and the hope and faith that they had in each other. I finished the book in 2 days- needless to say, I had a very hard time putting it down.
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At once brutal and tender, despairing and hopeful, The Road is McCarthy¿s brave and unforgettable meditation on the thin line between humanity and chaos. I haven't read anything like it, and I will read it again and again. Truly a book that will stay with you forever.
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When co-workers asked me why I appeared so irritible and "not yourself" during the week I read this book, I realized it had gotten to me more than any other book in a long time. If the characters were not so real, I would not have felt that I was on the journey with them. It will stay with you for a long time, but you will want to read it again.
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