Description
The Road is the astonishing post-apocalyptic and Pulitzer Prize-winning modern classic by Cormac McCarthy.
A father and his young son walk alone through burned America, heading slowly for the coast. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. They have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves against the men who stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food – and each other.
‘So good that it will devour you. It is incandescent.’ – Daily Telegraph
Shweta SHarma (Verified Purchase)
This book is incredibly difficult to read. There is no merriment, no glimpse of hope. We are simply treated to an empathetic, poetic and harrowing description of the end of the world. The characters remind us of all we have, all we could lose if we are not careful.
Piyush Kumar Rauniyar (Verified Purchase)
Cormac Mcarthy takes every terrify fear a parent has about keeping there child safe and deposits them in a post apocalyptic nightmare.
A very good book but like the movie is exhausting to read. You are constantly on edge waiting for the next possible horrific encounter. Well worth a read but don’t expect to be your normal chipper self whilst doing do.
Chandan Tiwary (Verified Purchase)
I dare you to try and put it aside so descriptive you feel you’re there and you will long wonder how someone can portray the end of the world so beautifully. This is the epitome of bitter sweet and if you never read another book make this your last. You will wonder what’s happening long after you put it back on the shelf.
Mohammed Mursalin (Verified Purchase)
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is in some ways a literary masterpiece and in others a slow, tedious struggle. The story of an unnamed father and his son travelling south along the titular road is a compelling and emotionally engaging one. Though its lack of character names across the entirety of the story, lack of chapters and lack of speech grammar often make it a difficult and sluggish read.
Sandip Basak (Verified Purchase)
Rather than chapters, the author uses a continuous series of (generally) short paragraphs. That worked for me, making it easy to break off and resume at will. It’s a portrait of a dire journey by a father and young son through a desolated landscape. Their privations include hunger, cold, damp and the risk of encounters with equally desperate survivors.