Synopsis
The late American master's post-apocalyptic modern classic, published here with an introduction by novelist John Banville.
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.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- ISBN: 9781035003792
- Number of pages: 336
- Dimensions: 198 x 131 x 22 mm
- Weight: 234g
- Languages: English
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Down A Road Not Often Travelled
This story makes a change to most post apocolpse stories by going down the line of character rather than plot, the story is mainly about the two survivors,... READ MORE
Sadly not for me
So many people loved this book and I really wanted to be one of them, but I just didn't like it. Most of the population are dead, those who aren't are eith... READ MORE
no easy listening but so capturing
Till the very last moment this audio book keeps you guessing and hoping. This is not an easy read but it will keep your immagination going. The reader is u... READ MORE
A powerfully moving tale
It's a powerful story, short but thoughtful. Even though there's very little action it's an absolute page-turner, because it's so evocatively written. Focu... READ MORE
The Road Review
Beautifully devastating or staggeringly real are just some of the descriptions that would fit 'The Road'. This novel takes the reader on a journey through ... READ MORE
Good book, but not my type
The Road is an interesting book; personally it is not the best book I have read and I don’t really like the storyline very much because there seems to be n... READ MORE
Now I need to watch the movie!
This is a movie about a man and his son trying to survive in a post apocalyptic USA; living of small expiring rations off food, avoiding cannibals and hand... READ MORE
interesting
An interesting but not enthralling read. I am proud to have read it but did not enjoy it as much as i could have. I dont know mayb e some of it just went o... READ MORE
Good book
I found it hard to put this book down, as Cormac McCarthy grips you on the first page of reading the book. Knowing the situation and characters you read on... READ MORE
Chillingly beautiful, whilst also grim.
I'm currently studying this as one of my exam texts and personally i don't think they could have chosen a better novel. The focus is drawn in predominantly... READ MORE
My favourite book this year!
I read somewhere once that you know if you have a read an exceptionally good book when it has such a profound effect on you that it stays with you long aft... READ MORE
You had to know how the book ended.
A book not about the end of the world, but about people. Their struggle, love and battle to stay alive. you are just willing them all the way.... wanting t... READ MORE
Dark, well written page-turner
I read the book from cover to cover in less than 4 hours. It is bleakly atmospheric and the relationship between the man and the boy is handled very well. ... READ MORE
Gripping and heat-moving!
The Road is a post-apocalyptic story of a father-son journey. It hasn`t got a fast pace, action packed storyline, but it`s gripping, heart-moving and overw... READ MORE
Story of Survival.
This was a truly moving story. Two survivors, an unnamed father and son, journey on foot across the burned out wasteland of North America. Something catast... READ MORE
Good book
I found it hard to put this book down, as Cormac McCarthy grips you on the first page of reading the book. Knowing the situation and characters you read on... READ MORE
Haunting
I read this based on a (repeated) recommendation from a friend and it stopped me in my tracks. There are number of plot holes which I only really considere... READ MORE
A story of adventure, survival and love in a post-apocalyptic world
The Road tells the story of a father and son warily travelling across post-apocalyptic America, hoping to reach a place of sanctuary. The atmosphere drapes... READ MORE
Weird read
Strange sort of book.
I didn't enjoy it but on the other hand I didn't dislike it.
Perhaps I just didn't get it.
Gripping
A heart-warming tale of humanity. McCarthy's barren landscape juxtaposed with the love felt between a father and son made this book so devastatingly beauti... READ MORE
This is a very special novel
Stories this well told don't come along often. Poetical, haunting, profound, deeply unsettling in places but ultimately redemptive. It's very dark theme ... READ MORE
Wonderfully macabre, heartbreakingly beautiful.
Nothing I can write here could do justice to this masterpiece. Original, perfectly written, read this for an insite of the human condition, of love and tra... READ MORE
Devastating and haunting.
Taking place in a post-apocalyptic USA, the reader is taken on a journey across a devastated landscape as a father and son undertake a dangerous journey to... READ MORE
That prize is so well-deserved!
A heart-wrenching, shocking and depressing ecological drama set some time after doomsday, in a Mad Max-like world. It kicks you in the stomach.
The fact t... READ MORE
Real, human, and devastating
I am broken, healed, and at a loss for words.
Going into this novel, my expectations were not too high. It did not seem like the kind of book that I wou... READ MORE
Unashamedly Bleak
“What would you do if I died?If you died I would want to die too.So you could be with me?Yes. So I could be with you. Okay”The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a... READ MORE