I have finished reading Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. I must say, it is one of my favorite books. I recommend it (and, apparently, so does Oprah). I have already started reading Child of God, another book by Cormac McCarthy. This book is an easy read, with vibrant descriptions, great dialogue, and it holds you glued to the page till your fingers bleed from flipping the pages so quickly and so fervently. Many of you may not have any idea who Cormac McCarthy is; remember the recent movie No Country for Old Men? The movie was nominated for 29 awards, won 79 awards, and received four Oscars. It’s based off one of Cormac McCarthy’s novels, No Country for Old Men. Anyways, if you’re interested in The Road, here is a synopsis from Barnes & Noble:
A searing, post-apocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece.
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. They sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food-and each other. The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love.
Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.
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