The Road - Cormac McCarthy

The Road

By Cormac McCarthy

  • Release Date: 2006-09-26
  • Genre: Literary Fiction
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 3,083 Ratings

Description

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive, this "tale of survival and the miracle of goodness only adds to McCarthy's stature as a living master. It's gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful" (San Francisco Chronicle). From the bestselling author of The Passenger

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.

Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.

Reviews

  • So lost by the context

    2
    By Raelljazzmine
    Deceased or not, I was so lost by reading this. And the man didn’t even put up chapters nor quotation marks! I was all “Huh?” and “What?” throughout the story. A complete waste of a book.
  • The road

    4
    By claww123
    The story was as dreary and lifeless as the imagery and words
  • Sad

    3
    By БLoonИ
    Such an abysmal tale starting in nothing and ending in nothing. Beautifully written and full of hope and heartbreak.
  • Great Read

    5
    By Case704
    This was a very good book. It left a lot to the imagination and I really enjoyed that. I can’t wait to watch the movie.
  • Humanity Lives

    5
    By Kitty#27
    Amazing book. It’s hopeful but realistic. Life will always find a way!
  • 10/10

    5
    By kailyn michelle davis
    I love it . It was so good and it was so productive to me and i feel so good and so yea and it made me feel so uh like i made me some hot cocoa and a donut with it😂😂so yea
  • Excellent, Tense, Depressing, Foretelling…

    5
    By urjimbo
    A unique writing style initially confusing but quickly intimate and necessary. I hovered over the characters as they made their way down The Road.
  • Touching

    5
    By Ed Ainsly
    It is hard to think that I will ever forget this book. It is dark and sad. Sometimes poetic and sometimes scary. The imagery is hard to forget.
  • Read this book

    5
    By musician real
    A very moving, beautifully written story about love and perseverance.
  • Well penned

    3
    By austinyeargan
    Killer style. A bit gloomy tho. Goes on too long same thing over and over. Like life.