A man and a boy, father and son, "each the other's world entire," walk a road in "the ashes of the late world." In this stunning departure from his previous work, McCarthy (No Country for Old Men, 2005) envisions a postapocalyptic scenario. Cities have been destroyed, plants and animals have died, and few humans survive. The sun is hidden by ash, and it is winter. With every scrap of food looted, many of the living have turned to cannibalism. The man and the boy plod toward the sea. The man remembers the world before; as his memories die, so, too dies that world. The boy was born after everything changed. The man, dying, has a fierce paternal love and will to survive--yet he saves his last two bullets for himself and his son. Although the holocaust is never explained, this is the kind of grim warning that leads to nightmares. Its spare, precise language is rich with other explorations, too: hope in the face of hopelessness, the ephemeral nature of our existence, the vanishing worlds we all carry within us.

reserved for deadendmind

finished it last night. It took me about 100 pages to really get into the story, at first I did not care much for it, it seemed just about walking along, sometimes hiding, sometimes finding some food, but then after a while I was quite impressed with the relationship between father and son and their love and hope and determination to survive.
In conclusion it was too gloomy and depressing for my taste.

Now the book is going to travel to Greece to deadendmind!

Sent off today!

Received yesterday together with a yummy chocolate which I just finished and a lovely card!
Thank you so much ((((allbookedup))))

I'm looking forward to reading a book by McCarthy. I recently saw the film "No Country for Old Men" and liked it a lot, so I was curious about his writing.

I finished it a couple of days ago and I have to agree with allbookedup's comments. I found it a bit bleak and strange in the beginning, but it was enticing in a weird way so I kept on reading. When I got to the end I was amazed and still have mixed feelings about it.
But I do not regret reading it and I think it is a fine specimen of literature. :-)

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

I gave it to ZlatkoGR who expressed an interest in it!

Got it! I've heard a lot about it and it seems very interesting. I plan to read it soon and release it in January for the Chills and Spills Release Challenge...

Thanks dem!

What a lovely reading to start a new year, huh? :-) Just kidding. It really is a difficult book in the beginning. Not slow to read, not at all, but you think that nothing is happening in there. Then, you're captured by it and the relationship between father and son grows into something with its own breath. Anyway, a great book and a recommended reading. The only thing was, I wanted to know exactly what happened to the world (but it's kind of out of the context, right?).

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Released in front of the Hagia Sophia church.

Released for Movie Books Release Challenge. See IMDb (in production).
Released for The Reader Release Challenge. Book into movie. See IMDb (in production).
Released for Keep Them Moving Release Challenge.
Released for Chills & Spills Read & Release Challenge. January is for "End of the World" theme.
Released for History Challenge. Hagia Sophia

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