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The Road

Cormac McCarthy

2

awards won

26

score

#64 of 8,085 books · #8 in Science Fiction

Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2007) and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (2006). Also shortlisted or longlisted for 1 other award.

The Road won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was a New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century selection. A post-apocalyptic classic set 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. 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. 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 may yet find tenderness.

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Publisher
Pan Macmillan
ISBN-13
9780330472753
Topics
Post-apocalyptic survivalFather-son bondHuman nature and moralityHope amid despairJourney

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