The Road

Paperback, 287 pages

English language

Published Nov. 11, 2006 by Vintage International.

ISBN:
978-0-307-27792-3
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OCLC Number:
476187992

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4 stars (16 reviews)

The searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son’s fight to survive.

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 …

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Pietra miliare post apocalittica

5 stars

I romanzi distopici di solito presentano dei mondi, immaginati nei dettagli, qui non c'è quasi niente. Non c'è neanche quella denuncia sociale o politica tipica dei romanzi distopici. Parla più della natura umana. Qui non c'è quasi niente, una strada che non porta da nessuna parte, che attraversa il nulla rimasto inutilmente, non c'è un passato, non c'è un futuro, non ci sono ragioni o spigazioni. Scarno, essenziale, scheletrico, nudo e crudo, freddo e oscuro, questo inferno, alla fine, parla della bontà.

En mi carretera

4 stars

Así como a los vinos les afecta el terroir, el clima, la contaminación ambiental, el maridaje escogido, las condiciones meteorológicas y lugar donde se prueba y hasta la compañía de quien lo cata etc., los libros se ven afectados por el lugar, el tiempo y el estado de ánimo de quien los lee. Es por ello que siempre aclaro que las estrellas con las que los califico hablan de mi disfrute, no de aspectos técnicos o la maestría con que estén abiertos. Tal es el caso de La carretera, de Cormac McCarthy.

Duda: ¿En qué difiere el nunca será de lo que nunca fue?

Este libro estaba en mi mesa de noche cuando mi papá murió. Lo comencé unos días antes. Se mantuvo sin leer casi una semana y media. Y para colmo, el tema parecía embonar perfectamente con lo que acontecía en mi vida en esos momentos. Estas …

Review of 'The Road' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Beautiful and horrifying tale of attempting to survive after an apocalypse. Novel approach to writing the dialog that makes the story seem even more dire. Some of the narrative is written simplistically, using simple sentences with multiple verbs (linked by "ands") to parrot how children engage, but there are also lovely passages, which I will return here to quote soon. :-)

Review of 'The Road' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

It's not you, The Road, it's me. I was unable to appreciate your literary voice, your bleak language. I was unable to develop a connection to the man and his son, on the road south. I skimmed you to the end, and it was not a satisfying experience.

You're simply not for me.

Subjects

  • Fathers and sons -- Fiction
  • Voyages and travels -- Fiction
  • Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction
  • Survival skills -- Fiction