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The Road

Cormac McCarthy

A father and son cross a burned-out America, clinging to each other and to a fragile code of goodness.

First published 2006

Science FictionDystopia

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A nameless father and his young son travel through a burned, ash-covered post-apocalyptic landscape, heading south toward the coast in search of warmth, food, and safety. They have little more than a pistol, a scavenged cart, and each other.

As they move along abandoned roads and through ruined towns and houses, they must avoid starvation, exposure, disease, and other survivors who may be desperate, hostile, or cannibalistic. The world around them is sparse, cold, and mostly silent, and the cause of the catastrophe is never clearly explained.

The story follows their day-to-day struggle to survive while preserving their humanity. Their bond, their moral code, and the boy’s insistence on being one of the “good guys” become the emotional center of the journey as they keep going through a world that seems almost entirely emptied out.

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Authors
Cormac McCarthy
First published
2006
Genres
Science Fiction, Dystopia, Classics, Horror, Post Apocalyptic
Subjects
Fiction · Dystopia · Adventure · post-apocalyptic fiction · extinction event · Open Library Staff Picks · Fathers and sons · Survival skills · Regression (Civilization) · Voyages and travels · literary fiction · Robinsonades · Apocalyptic fiction · Novels · Apocalypse · Long Now Manual for Civilization · Description and travel · Survival · Father-son relationship · Road fiction · Fathers and sons--Fiction · Voyages and travels--Fiction · Regression (Civilization)--Fiction · Reading Level-Grade 7 · Reading Level-Grade 6 · Reading Level-Grade 9 · Reading Level-Grade 8 · Reading Level-Grade 11 · Reading Level-Grade 10 · Reading Level-Grade 12 · Hunger · Civilization · Ethics · Disasters · Travel · Fathers and sons, fiction · Fiction, dystopian · Fiction, science fiction, general · American fiction (fictional works by one author) · Large type books · nyt:mass-market-paperback=2008-12-07 · New York Times bestseller · New York Times reviewed · Fathers And Sons_Fiction; Fiction_Dystopian; Fiction_Science Fiction_General; American Fiction (Fict · Fiction, general · Fiction, horror
ISBN-13
9780307265432

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