About:
The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a Pulitzer Prize winner about a father and son walking south in a post apocalyptic America. Mr. McCarthy is an American best-selling author and, as noted, won a few writing contests as well.
- 241 pages
- Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 0307265439
My rating for The Road – 5
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Thoughts:
I might be 20 years too late, but I’m glad I read this book, I’m only sorry it took me this long To be honest, I didn’t expect it to be as good as it was, the themes of survial and parental love still hold strong.
This dark post-apocalyptic novel is told in a slow pace, but it’s an engrossing read. It’s an excellent book, heartbreaking and, quite frankly realistic meaning that not everyday is an adventure or exciting – quite the opposite.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy is both riveting and intriguing. Even though we don’t know much about the two protagonists, they are still very relatable. The world building is fantastic, the ambiance of a destoryed Earth and the haunting nightmare of traveling along a road where behind every corner there might lurk danger, and every person poses danger.
Earth by its self, facing a grim future, at best, could also be considered a character or even the antagonist of the story. It constantly reminds the man and his boy of the hopelessness of their existence, and the bleak future awaiting them, if they don’t die soon that is.
We don’t know exactly what happened to the Earth, we all know that the father and son have to walk this long road east, so they don’t freeze to death. Along the way they have to find food (often the don’t), keep warm (often impossible), and avoid the people who also travel the road (possible, but only for the most part). The father’s plan for his son in case he’s left alone is heartbreaking.
Nevertheless, the profound themes of unconditional love and family are on every page. The father shields his son from dangers, while also teaches him to to fend for himself. Bruises, not broken bones one would say – which frankly is a good philosophy, in my opinion. He does a good job, as it shows by the boy’s empathy and the belief that in humanity, regardless of all the sadness and the evil surrounding them.
Sysnopsis:
America is devastted, ash-covered, dead crops, dead plants, dead people and those who are left can be violent, canabilistic, or willing to steal the clothes off your body given the change.
A father and son, attempting to flee the extreme cold, walk south hopefully towards a warmer clent. Along the way the father teaches his son survivability skills, how to hide from people on the road, start a fire, keep warm, scavenge for food and “carry the fire”-the goodness within them in a burnt world gone mad.
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