The Road

Local Description

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Description

The 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, nuclear landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is grey. 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 other's world, are sustained by love.

Awards

Winner of James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Fiction) 2007  Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2007 Quill Awards: General Fiction 2007 Shortlisted for RTE Radio 1's The Tubridy Show Listeners' Choice Award 2008

Author description

Cormac McCarthy is the author of nine previous novels, and among his honours are the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.