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The Road 
| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Recorded Books Catalog: Book Release date: 2006-09-26 Media: Audio CD Format: Audiobook, Unabridged Number of pages: 6 Ean: 9781428112780 Book Isbn: 1428112782  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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 Written on January 2, 2009 Summary: A dark world The Road is a story of a man and his boy making their way across the ruins of America. There has been a catastrophe of incredible proportions. So much of life has been killed that bodies do not even decompose. The boy, whose name and age is unknown, sees things every day that would cause us to soil in our pants. That is his world, he has known no other. Papa, who's name and age is also unknown, does his best to take care of his son and to shield him from the horrors of this new world. Danger lurks around every corner and contact with other human beings will likely be unpleasant. Despite a world of total bleakness and some really close calls, they stumble onto one good fortune after another. Papa and his son are so gripped with fear, that they will not stay anywhere no matter how good they can have it. They willingly walk away from some good finds in this world of death and starvation. The boy wants to help people, but papa is afraid of others and with good reason. A large number of the survivors making their way through the world have turned to slavery and cannibalism. Fortunately, papa and his son aren't the only "good guys" left. This book is dark and is a walk through a world I hope will never be, but I couldn't put it down. I would highly recommend it to any fan of the genre. Written on January 2, 2009 Summary: Haunting; Heartbreaking What to say about a novel which you know from the first several pages is incapable of producing a happy ending? Page after page of hopeless misery, in which mere survival is at stake in every minute of every day. A situation so dire, that a father takes pains to save his last remaining bullet in the event that he may be forced to mercy kill his own son. A man and his minor son struggle in the aftermath of apocalyptic nuclear war, the world thrown into a nuclear winter, in which food, shelter, clothing and fuel have been virtually depleted. The few remaining survivors relegated to cannibalism and unspeakable savagery in their efforts to survive. Against this backdrop, "the man" and "the boy" undertake a journey over the mountains and across the plains in an effort to reach the ocean. Throughout the journey and the travails encountered by the pair, the boy reveals himself to be a special individual, whose "humanity" and kindness are in stark contrast to the world around him. Parents with children will be especially moved by the story, which bears a strong resemblance to Elie Wiesel's masterpiece "Night", with the striking difference being that the circumstances faced by the pair in this novel are appreciably more difficult and hopeless than those faced by Wiesel's father and son duo. It is hard to describe the bleak and utter devastation painted by McCarthy in this Pulitzer Prize winning novel which can easily be read in 3-4 hours in one sitting. Expect to do so, because once you've begun, you will likely not want to put it down. It's like a multi-fatality pile up on the freeway. It is horrifying, but you cannot look away. Written on December 31, 2008 Summary: A Tale of Hope in a Hopeless World Book Review: The Road by Cormac McCarthy A father and son, neither of them named, travel south across a scorched and empty landscape that was once America. McCarthy's post-apocalyptic setting is a dying world seemingly devoid of hope. The story takes place ten years after an unspecified and almost entirely unexplained event brought a fiery end to civilization. Only two brief flashback scenes take the reader back to the moment of destruction, which might have been a nuclear war, or possibly a series of meteor strikes, or something else entirely. There were explosions, the power went out, and everything began to burn. That's all the explanation that McCarthy is interested in giving, and in a story that is largely metaphorical, the details of how it all happened are not entirely necessary. Interestingly, though, McCarthy chooses to focus on meticulous levels of detail when it comes to survival in the post-apocalyptic world. The father's survival skills, as well as his every mistake, are brought to light through copious detail of every useful remnant scavenged and every precaution taken. The Road paints a bleak picture of humanity as well. Father and son push a grocery cart along the road with a scavenged motorcycle mirror clamped to the cart to watch their backs, and a pistol with only a couple of bullets remaining at the ready. Father assures son that they are "the good guys" in a world where people have turned to cannibalism and rape as a way of life. McCarthy writes in a format that is as relentless as the harsh world he has envisioned. No chapters to break up the narrative, and no quotations around the dialogue. Interestingly, the dialogue between father and son, while understated, is one of the strongest aspects of this book. McCarthy has a way of conveying what is left unsaid through the simple communication, much as he is able to address questions of life, death, and hope in his descriptions of moment-to-moment details. This is a good book on multiple levels, and definitely worth a read whether or not you are normally into post-apocalyptic SF.  Written on December 30, 2008 Summary: The Road The Road is a tedious journey to nowhere. The characters are one-dimensional with no personality. I loved the premise thats why I attempted the book, however it was a huge disappointment. They journey to the coast because I don't know?, avoiding certain people because I dont know, cannibals? right? No background to the story and no future either. Just the road. So if you want to travel down the road with a no name man and boy, hope you like poor grammar and sentence structure as well as big holes in the story that will leave you annoyed or even pissed off that you attempted what should have been a good story of a father's love for his son. It left me cold. Written on December 30, 2008 Summary: Philosophy I was really surprised by this book. It was a journey into philosophy more than a post-apocalyptic survival guide. I expected it to be more sci-fi, boy was I wrong. This book dives into the relationships of man, the destruction of man, and the "fire" that all of us carry. The fire could stand for many things: Love, Soul, God, Goodness, Hope... it's whatever means most to you. Cormac invents his own style of grammar and dialogue that eventually grew on me. It was hard to get used to at first, but it somehow ties into the overall theme of the novel. A good read, but it may not be for all people. It takes a lot of thought, time, and self-examination to understand what the author is trying to relay to us. A very interesting novel that proves there may be hope after all is gone. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2006-09-26 | 2007-10-09 | 2007-06-05 | 1992-05-05 | 2007-01-26 | 1993-06-29 |
| Media | Audio CD | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback |
| Format | Audiobook, Unabridged | - | - | - | - | - |
| Number of pages | 6 | 320 | 544 | 352 | 272 | 320 |
| Ean | 9781428112780 | 9780307387134 | 9780312427733 | 9780679728757 | 9780061357909 | 9780679744399 |
| Book Isbn | 1428112782 | 0307387135 | 0312427735 | 0679728759 | 0061357901 | 0679744398 |
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