The Road

ByCormac McCarthy

Release Date: 2006-09-26
Genre: Literary Fiction

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 3,519 Ratings

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

Sad
5
By Luciocorps94
This book is sad and not for the weak.
La carretera
5
By Eva Palomares
Apocalíptico!!! 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
5
By mr.keepthebag
First 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
5
By Tiege Liege
is 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
5
By lkuecrar
This was traumatic but so worth the read
Care for the Precious Workd
5
By Choosepeacenow
The 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
5
By goosefraba
One of the most beautiful books ever written.
Pretty good
4
By Billkress nj
Liked 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
4
By luism1randaa
It’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
5
By GroovyBoomstick
This 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 appear