The Road

Name: The Road
Author: Cormac McCarthy
ISBN: 9780307386458

by Cormac McCarthy

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Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf

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 the last remnants of their own humanity

First published 2006297 pages

Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel (2008)NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2007)James Tait Black Memorial Prize (2006)Believer Book Award (2006)Oprah's Book Club (2007)

813.54

Category: Literature
Priority: Must-Read
Author works: 9
Editions known: 69

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 813.54
Library of Congress (LCC): PS3563.C337R63 2009PS3563.C337R63 2006ePS3563.C337 R63*PS3563.C337 R63 2009

Subjects

AdventureAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)ApocalypseApocalyptic fictionCivilizationDescription and travelDisastersDystopiaEthicsFather-son relationshipFathers And Sons_Fiction; Fiction_Dystopian; Fiction_Science Fiction_General; American Fiction (FictFathers and sons

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ISBN 9780307386458English

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Tähtivaeltaja Award2001

First published2006

James Tait Black Memorial Prize2006

Believer Book Award2006

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction2007

Oprah's Book Club2007

Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel2008

Film adaptation2009

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