THE ROAD
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, 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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CORMAC MCCARTHY
The novels of the American writer Cormac McCarthy have received a number of literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His works adapted to film include All the Pretty Horses, The Road, and No Country for Old Men-the latter film receiving four Academy Awards, including the award for Best Picture.
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE NATIONAL BESTSELLER A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive, this "tale of survival and the miracle of goodness only adds to McCarthy's stature as a living master. It's gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful" San Francisco Chronicle . From the bestselling author of The Passenger
Edad recomendada: Adultos.
MCCARTHY CORMAC
Cormac McCarthy nació el 20 de julio de 1933 en Providence, Rhode Island, Estados Unidos, con el nombre de Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. En 1937 su familia se trasladó a Knoxville, Tennessee, donde cursó estudios en St. Mary's Parochial School y Knoxville Catholic High School. Asistió a la Universidad de Tennessee sin completar un grado y sirvió en la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos entre 1953 y 1957. Publicó doce novelas, dos obras de teatro, cinco guiones y tres relatos breves, entre ellos Suttree, Blood Meridian, The Border Trilogy, No Country for Old Men y The Road. Falleció el 13 de junio de 2023 en Santa Fe, Nuevo México.
