Category - Fiction / Suspense & Thrillers
Format - Paperback
Condition - Excellent
Listed - A year ago
Views - 6
Ships From - Minnesota
Est. Publication Date - Jan 2006
Seller Description
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. The 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, The Road 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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The Road
ISBN: 9780307387899
Publisher Description
In a novel set in an indefinite, futuristic, post-apocalyptic world, a father and his young son make their way through the ruins of a devastated American landscape, struggling to survive and preserve ...
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Summarized by Pango AI
PangoBooks readers have mixed but predominantly positive impressions. Many highlight the powerful, spare prose, as well as the emotional depth and vulnerability in the father-son relationship set against a post-apocalyptic backdrop. Some readers find the narrative haunting and distressing, yet beautifully written and deeply meaningful, seeing themes of humanity, goodness, and even biblical allegory in the boy's character. A few readers, however, found the story dull and unengaging, struggling to understand the widespread acclaim. Overall, the book's simplicity in narrative and complex emotional undertones resonate significantly with most readers.