| ISBN |
9781509870639 (paperback) |
| 1509870636 (paperback) |
| Name |
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- author. |
| Title |
The road / Cormac McCarthy ; with an introduction by John Banville. |
| Published |
London : Picador Classic, 2019. |
| ©2006 |
| Description |
xviii, 306 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Notes |
Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. |
| Summary |
In a burned-out America, a father and his young son walk under a darkened sky, heading slowly for the coast. They have no idea what, if anything, awaits them there. The landscape is destroyed, nothing moves save the ash on the wind and cruel, lawless men stalk the roadside, lying in wait. Attempting to survive in this brave new world, the young boy and his protector have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves. They must keep walking. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The Road is an incandescent novel, the story of a remarkable and profoundly moving journey. In this unflinching study of the best and worst of humankind, Cormac McCarthy boldly divines a future without hope, but one in which, miraculously, this young family finds tenderness. An exemplar of post-apocalyptic writing, The Road is a true modern classic, a masterful, moving and increasingly prescient novel. |
| Subjects |
Fathers and sons -- Fiction |
| Voyages and travels -- United States -- Fiction |
| Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction |
| Survival -- Fiction |
| United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Fiction |
| Genre |
Apocalyptic fiction |
| Other Names |
Banville, John writer of introduction. |
| Series |
Picador classics |
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