The Road
By Cormac McCarthy
- Release Date: 2006-09-26
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Description
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son’s fight to survive that “only adds to McCarthy’s stature as a living master. It’s gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful” (San Francisco Chronicle).
One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century
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. The 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.
The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, “each the other’s world entire,” are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.
Reviews
A beautiful book
5By DanInHuntsvilleWhether it was of a dreary future to come or a metaphor for every parent raising children in a dark world - I do not know.Sad
5By Luciocorps94This book is sad and not for the weak.La carretera
5By Eva PalomaresApocalíptico!!! Muy actual… El amor de un padre hacia su hijo que vence todos los obstáculos excepto la muerte. El autor nunca descubre la causa de la destrucción del mundo y te mantiene el suspenso durante toda la lectura. Una pluma fluida y adictiva. Narrador testigo en tercera persona Excelente novela.Love in the form of absolute perseverance
5By mr.keepthebagFirst book I've read by cormac mcarthy. Boy is it bleak, but in a painfully beautiful way. Brought to tears more than once as this book explores complete disparity and love in the form of absolute perseverance.Perserverance
5By Tiege Liegeis the trait all life has and if not it is ended.Oh my God I’m never reading this again but I’ll never forget it
5By lkuecrarThis was traumatic but so worth the readCare for the Precious Workd
5By ChoosepeacenowThe road paint a picture of how beautiful this world is, how precious, how often we do not see any of this and take it all for granted. In the post, apocalyptic world, from that point of view, the author paints an extraordinary picture of the beauty of this world. The road is very inspiring. My eyes feel open wider to the beauty and the preciousness of this life.I Cried
5By goosefrabaOne of the most beautiful books ever written.Pretty good
4By Billkress njLiked the style of writing … original. Would recommend if you like apocalyptic but with strong family values on the brink.It’s a good read but not exciting
4By luism1randaaIt’s enjoyable but consistently consistent. There are no twists and turns, no real surprises. It’s definitely a slow paced book that’s almost entirely about the tone and setting. Don’t know if I would read it again but don’t regret the first time.A dark but beautiful journey
5By GroovyBoomstickThis story is as beautiful as it is bleak, and even in an apocalyptic wasteland there is always a fire that will light your way, no matter how dark things may appearSo lost by the context
2By RaelljazzmineDeceased or not, I was so lost by reading this. And the man didn’t even put up chapters nor quotation marks! I was all “Huh?” and “What?” throughout the story. A complete waste of a book.The road
4By claww123The story was as dreary and lifeless as the imagery and wordsSad
3By БLoonИSuch an abysmal tale starting in nothing and ending in nothing. Beautifully written and full of hope and heartbreak.Great Read
5By Case704This was a very good book. It left a lot to the imagination and I really enjoyed that. I can’t wait to watch the movie.Humanity Lives
5By Kitty#27Amazing book. It’s hopeful but realistic. Life will always find a way!10/10
5By kailyn michelle davisI love it . It was so good and it was so productive to me and i feel so good and so yea and it made me feel so uh like i made me some hot cocoa and a donut with it😂😂so yeaExcellent, Tense, Depressing, Foretelling…
5By urjimboA unique writing style initially confusing but quickly intimate and necessary. I hovered over the characters as they made their way down The Road.Touching
5By Ed AinslyIt is hard to think that I will ever forget this book. It is dark and sad. Sometimes poetic and sometimes scary. The imagery is hard to forget.
