The Road
by Cormac McCarthy | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0307265439 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0307265439 Global Overview for this book
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From the shelves of co-grandma Mimi Miller, who died in February 2020.
My review of another copy of this book:
Just an amazing book.
In his spare punctuation-free prose, McCarthy takes us to near the end of the world. A man and his son - never identified by name - are on the road. They can't stay anywhere for long because it wouldn't be safe - there are bands of killers about, people who will kill others and eat them. The earth is a desolate, black place where nothing grows and few are alive. The only food available to the boy and his dad is what they find in abandoned, raided houses and hiding places. Nothing except food and warmth matters any more. And both are hard to find.
Throughout the book we see how the man holds on, uses all of his ingenuity and energy to keep his son alive, even though he is not sure why. His son, who has never known the world his father remembers, nevertheless feels a deep compassion for others that might explain his father's perseverance.
McCarthy evokes this deathly world beautifully, weaving a grim picture with few words. I couldn't help but think of it as I went about my everyday business, never having to worry that I wouldn't have enough to eat tonight or a place to stay.
Just an amazing book.
In his spare punctuation-free prose, McCarthy takes us to near the end of the world. A man and his son - never identified by name - are on the road. They can't stay anywhere for long because it wouldn't be safe - there are bands of killers about, people who will kill others and eat them. The earth is a desolate, black place where nothing grows and few are alive. The only food available to the boy and his dad is what they find in abandoned, raided houses and hiding places. Nothing except food and warmth matters any more. And both are hard to find.
Throughout the book we see how the man holds on, uses all of his ingenuity and energy to keep his son alive, even though he is not sure why. His son, who has never known the world his father remembers, nevertheless feels a deep compassion for others that might explain his father's perseverance.
McCarthy evokes this deathly world beautifully, weaving a grim picture with few words. I couldn't help but think of it as I went about my everyday business, never having to worry that I wouldn't have enough to eat tonight or a place to stay.
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