The Road
by McCarthy, Cormac
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
First edition hardback, a Near Fine copy with bump to bottom front corner and slight bend at head, in a Near Fine dust jacket with bump to bottom front corner, slight wrinkling at head and heel, and slight haze rubbing to gloss back dust jacket (most noticeable along spine joins). His Pulitzer Prize-winning post-apocalyptic novel and basis of the 2009 movie of the same name.
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.
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Reviews
On Jan 14 2021, a reader said:
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.
On Oct 27 2010, TheRareBookLady said:
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
- Lame Excuse Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LP3300
- Title
- The Road
- Author
- McCarthy, Cormac
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Date Published
- 2006
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Pulitzer Prize
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction; Horror;
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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