The Road
by McCarthy, Cormac
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About This Item
McCarthy, Cormac. The Road . New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. 8vo., original printed blue wrappers over jacket cover. Uncorrected proof. A fine copy of the author's Pulitzer prize winning novel. McCarthy considered this work among his most personal. It is the story of a father and son struggling to survive in a post apocalyptic world gone made which McCarthy dedicated to his own son John (who was around 8 at the time of publication). Though published late in McCarthy's career, Knopf appears to have distributed very few copies of this proof (perhaps to curtail their appearance on the market before the book's publication) and they are now scarce. . Photos supplied upon request.
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
- Seller
- Avery on Livingston
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 40
- Title
- The Road
- Author
- McCarthy, Cormac
- Format/Binding
- Blue jacket with description of publication over Actual publication cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Advanced Readers Copy
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Pages
- 239
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Cormac McCarthy The Road
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