The Road (Oprah's Book Club) | Cormac McCarthy

The Road (Oprah's Book Club) | Cormac McCarthy | A masterpiece

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	The Road (Oprah's Book Club) Cormac McCarthy Vintage Books, 2007 - 287 pages average customer review:based on 1447 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER
National Book Critic's Circle Award Finalist

A New York Times Notable Book
One of the Best Books of the Year
The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The Denver Post, The Kansas City Star, Los Angeles Times, New York, People, Rocky Mountain News, Time, The Village Voice, The Washington Post

The searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece.

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.

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Fantastic

I don't think that I have ever read such a unique book. The Road is an amazing book that keeps you turning the pages without being a thriller or a mystery. It is also fun to analyze. I had read only two pages when I realized that this is one of those books that you have to read with a pencil in your hand. There are so many sentences to underline, words to circle, and places to add your own thoughts into the margines.

A masterpiece

I haven't read for pleasure in several years due to my hectic lifestyle. However this novel was highly recommended to me from several friends, so I thought I would just skim through the pages.
Less than two chapters in, I was simply amazed by such literature and detail that McCarthy entails. A true classic that will be treasured for years.

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Bleak and Inspiring

Although I found this book to be depressing and miserable, I couldn't put it down. It has left its mark on me as one of the most memorable books I have ever read. If you are a writer, there is so much to be learned from reading a book of this quality. Thankyou Cormac McCarthy.

Haunting and disturbing

This story will stay with you for days. Reading it is not pleasant, the closest I've ever experienced a nightmare in print, but it is haunting and deeply disturbing.

NOT a book for the clinically depressed!

I am a HUGE Cormac McCarthy fan. I've read many of his works so I know well his often dark subject matter. However this is, in my opinion, by far the darkest. I completely agree with s.j.'s earlier assessment; it is exactly like 'falling down a deep, dark hole'. Most likely because this stark and morose book offers little hope for humanity. BUT, I am glad I read it...bleak as it may be. Certainly not a read for everyone though. If you are already on depression meds--stay away!

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