The Road
Cormac McCarthy
Mar 2007 · Recorded Books · Narrated by Tom Stechschulte
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The searing, postapocalyptic 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. 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.
The searing, postapocalyptic 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. The sky is dark. The...
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Casey Vidrine
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January 2, 2024
Good survival story but that's pretty much all it is. A father and son surviving the cold then a small twist at the end but not what I thought was exceptional. Very descriptive but that is it's shining quality. Other than that, it's not something I'd recommend or read again.
nate t (nateball)
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March 26, 2020
SUCH A DARK , FRIGHTENINGLY , BEAUTIFUL BOOK. THE. ONLY BOOK THAT HAS EVER MADE ME GET UP FROM BED AND TURN THE LIGHTS ON CAUSE I WAS A SCARED 44 YEAR OLD MAN, BUT HADE THE WILLIES LIKE AN 8 YEAR OLD. BUT SO WELL WRITTEN THAT THE WORD "YELOW" MADE ME CRY WITH HAPINESS. BEST BOOK IVE READ , LISTENED TO,THEN REREAD AND REREAD AND LISTENED TO THEN READ A FEW MORE TIMES. A GREAT , BOOK WRITTEN IN ASH AND DARKNESS.
Mason Leinbach
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January 18, 2026
It is a very good book, tells the struggle and survival of the world collapsing. Feel your heart pounding in moments asking yourself "what's next". 10/10 highly recommend!
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