The Road - Cormac McCarthy

Probably most famously known for writing "No Country For Old Men", Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" is story focussing on the desperation and despair of an unnamed man and his son travelling across post-apocalyptic America. Trying to travel to the coast, the mans concerns are on what they will eat, where they will sleep and what other humans they will encounter on their way as most survivors in this new world have turned to eating their own for survival. This novel from the beginning represents a very bleak prospect, especially off the back of reading such an upbeat and heart warming book. Everything that "The Guernsey Literary and ...  Read the complete review

THE ROAD - CORMAC MCCARTHY Intro: I first came across this book when searching for 'No Country for Old Men' by the same author, but as the library were all out, I decided that, not having read any Cormac McCarthy before, I should give this a try. I didn't know anything about the book at all before I read it, but I'm very glad that I decided to read it now, and I'd recommend it to anyone.It was published in 2006 and has enjoyed a very positive set of feedback from critics, and has won a whole host of prizes, including the 2006 James Tait Black Memorial prize for fiction, and the much coveted Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2007. These awards are thoroughly ...  Read the complete review

The Road’ an admittedly boringly titled book, written by Cormac McCarthy was published in 2006 and won the prestigious Columbia University Pulitzer prize this year. Cormac McCarthy, an American writer, born 1933, has written many other books including his first novel The Orchard Keeper, which was published by Random House in 1965, All the Pretty Horses (1992) and No Country for Old Men (2005). The Road is the first of his books I have read and I read it in conjunction with my recently joined book club. The book generated some interesting discussions and it was in fact only later that we realised it had won the Pulitzer Prize. ‘The Road’ is set in ...  Read the complete review

I was introduced to this book through I friend who I was on holiday with at the time. I had heard of Cormac McCarthy from his work on "No Country for Old Men", but I had not yet read anything of his. As my friend finished reading the book he sat there with tears streaming down his face. Seeing this I was obviously a bit apprehensive about what this book was about but the fact that it brought about a lot of emotion in my friend compelled me to pick it up. This novel has become somewhat of a modern classic in the US; it won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for fiction and has had much critical acclaim. The book has been recreated for the big screen and the film ...  Read the complete review

After seeing the trailer and hearing news of director John Hillcoat's upcoming film adaptation, The Road, I searched a little deeper and purchased author Cormac McCarthy's book of which it is based. I'm not a massive reader by any extent, so it was all news to me that The Road has been praised as a modern day classic by fans and critics alike. The only other time I have stumbled upon McCarthy's work is in the Coen Brothers adaptation of his book No Country for Old Men, an absolutely fantastic film, which now after finishing The Road I might go back and check out the original novel of. The plot of The Road is that sometime in the past, in an undisclosed year an ...  Read the complete review