The Road

Book Details

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Author(s):

Cormac McCarthy

First Pub:

2006

Genre(s):

Dystopian Future; Post Apocalyptic; Science Fiction

First Read:

2024

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

No chapters

Internal ID:

1655

Series:

No series

Copyright:

Dedication:

This book is dedicated to
John Francis McCarthy

First Sentence:

When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he'd reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery.

Comments:

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Cormac McCarthy

Synopsis not on file
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Added: 14-Jun-2015

Last Updated: 15-Feb-2024

Publications

15-Mar-2007

Recorded Books

Audiobook

Date Issued:

15-Mar-2007

Format:

Audiobook

Cover Price:

$17.19

Length:

6 hrs 39 min (324 pages)

"Read":

Once

Reading(s):

1) 15 Feb 2024 - 15 Feb 2024

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

43470

Publisher:

Recorded Books

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Tom Stechschulte - Narration

From audible.com:

Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 2007

America is a barren landscape of smoldering ashes, devoid of life except for those people still struggling to scratch out some type of existence. Amidst this destruction, a father and his young son walk, always toward the coast, but with no real understanding that circumstances will improve once they arrive. Still, they persevere, and their relationship comes to represent goodness in a world of utter devastation.

Bleak but brilliant, with glimmers of hope and humor, The Road is a stunning allegory and perhaps Cormac McCarthy's finest novel to date. This remarkable departure from his previous works has been hailed by Kirkus Reviews as a "novel of horrific beauty, where death is the only truth".

McCarthy, a New York Times best-selling author, is a past recipient of the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award. He is widely considered one of America's greatest writers.

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Author(s)

Cormac McCarthy
Birth: 20 Jul 1933 Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Death: 13 Jun 2023 Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

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