A searing, post apocalyptic 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. (less)
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. (less)
Hardcover, 241 pages
Published
September 26th 2006
by Knopf
(first published 2006)
original title
The Road
ISBN
0307265439
(ISBN13: 9780307265432)
edition language
English
setting
literary awards
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2007), James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction (2006), The Quill Award for General Fiction (2007), Puddly Award for Fiction (2010), National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2006)
Believer Book Award (2006), The Rooster - The Morning News Tournament of Books (2007), Tähtivaeltaja Award (2009), Cena Akademie SFFH for Kniha roku (Book of the Year) (2008), Prix des libraires du Québec for Lauréats hors Québec (2009)
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