The Road [1st Ed]
by McCarthy, Cormac
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Excellent
- ISBN 10
- 0307265439
- ISBN 13
- 9780307265432
- Seller
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About This Item
First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Excellent. First Edition of McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning, post-apocalyptic classic. The American writing great's 10th novel. First edition, stated [Knopf, New York, 2006] in fine condition, slight crease dustjacket front flap. Winner of the Pulitzer and James Tait Memorial Prize. Deceptively simple post-apocalyptic tale following the journey of a father and son through the bleak landscape. Adapted into a film of the same name in 2009.
Synopsis
The Road is a 2006 novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. It is a post-apocalyptic tale of a journey taken by a father and his young son over a period of several months, across a landscape blasted by an unnamed cataclysm that destroyed all civilization and, apparently, almost all life on earth. The novel was awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 2006, and was a Oprah's Book Club selection.
Reviews
Absolute masterpiece. The two main characters were never once named. They were referred to as the man and the boy. Ommiting that detail gave an extra sense of dread to help the already dark plot.
It came unannounced, uninvited. Sent to me in a plain box, came a package with some typical care pack items, and one of the most outstanding books I've read in a long time, "The Road", by Cormac McCarthy. My sister sent it because she had heard it was well recieved. Well recieved is an understatement. "The Road" is not simply a book, it's an experience. A post-apocalyptic story of a man and his son, truding through the ashen country, towards the coast in hopes of finding some civilization. Some say "The Road" is just another masterpiece to add to his list of fantastic works. I'm not familiar with all of McCarthy's works, but I can attest that it is an incredibly short list in existence, displaying books that leave you changed for weeks after reading the book. I spoke to many who were not necessarily bold readers and even felt a bit disturbed for a while after finishing the book. For those of us who are bold readers, this is intriguing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- ORCHARD BOOKSHOP (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11035
- Title
- The Road [1st Ed]
- Author
- McCarthy, Cormac
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Excellent
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0307265439
- ISBN 13
- 9780307265432
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2006
- LCCN
- 2006023629
- Keywords
- Adelaide, Adelaide Arcade, american fiction, armageddon, classic, classic books, crime fiction, dystopia, dystopian, first edition, literature, orchard bookshop, post-apocalyptic
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- 0 kg
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