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The Road (Movie Tie In Edition)) (Vintage International)
The Road - Movie Tie In Edition - Vintage International
Author: Cormac Mccarthy
NATIONAL BESTSELLERPULITZER PRIZE WINNERNational Book Critic's Circle Award FinalistA New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the YearThe Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The Denver Post, The Kansas City Star, Los Angeles Times, N...  more », People, Rocky Mountain News, Time, The Village Voice, The Washington Post

The 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. 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.
ISBN-13: 9780307455291
ISBN-10: 0307455297
Publication Date: 10/14/2008
Pages: 304
Edition: Mti
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  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 102 ratings
Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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reviewed The Road (Movie Tie In Edition)) (Vintage International) on
Helpful Score: 3
I really enjoyed this book. I believe that it would be a great choice for a book club as the themes and questions about humanity would be an excellent discussion-starter. It is not a light-hearted book, but well worth reading.
reviewed The Road (Movie Tie In Edition)) (Vintage International) on + 13 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
At first, the first 50-40 pages, I thought this book was really depressing. A desolation of country, a father and his son walking, walking on the road to.....it was hard to tell where. But the deeper meaning of never losing hope finally poked through---The things that really matter....not money or more things than one can carry The love that is timeless and eternal. It was a pretty fast read, once I got into it.
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Helpful Score: 2
I personally hated it. Beyond depressing!!
reviewed The Road (Movie Tie In Edition)) (Vintage International) on
Helpful Score: 2
One of the best post-apocalyptic novels I've read. McCarthy stays true to form as in Blood Meridian. The ending was a bit weak and disappointing--has Hollywood infected McCarthy's bleak mojo?

An ultimate thought experiment in existentialism--what is your life when everything has been stripped away?

His odd blend of homebrew syntax, sparse prose, and his dependence on his readers' imagination and insight to fill in the blanks makes reading his work both a delight and a challenge.

As all his other works--HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
WyomingAnne avatar reviewed The Road (Movie Tie In Edition)) (Vintage International) on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
The Road is an extremely dark story about a boy and his father traveling to the coast after the planet has gone through a devastating event that has poisoned the air, killed most living things, and laid down a layer of ash across the countryside. For the remaining survivors, staying alive has become the focus of their existence. Although the story is a bleak one, once I began reading, I could hardly put the book down, finishing it in two days.
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reviewed The Road (Movie Tie In Edition)) (Vintage International) on + 2 more book reviews
Suspenseful, thrilling....but disturbing in some places. You keep waiting for the 'light at the end of the tunnel'...but...well...you'll have to read it for yourself, but this book definitely builds inside us an appreciation for our children. It also outlines the issues involved in the aftermath a major disaster.
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I cannot recommend this book enough. Please be warned, however, that it is extremely dark.


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