The Road

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  I peeled off the Oprah's Book Club sticker because it made me want to die, but the book was great.

  This book reminds me of a discussion that took place on several occasions during my one of my classes this year. The central topic of the class was the Holocaust, and we talked a number of times about what we each would do in situations dealing with the time period. To an extent, I think it's a poin ... (continue)

  This book reminds me of a discussion that took place on several occasions during my one of my classes this year. The central topic of the class was the Holocaust, and we talked a number of times about what we each would do in situations dealing with the time period. To an extent, I think it's a pointless question. No one can answer honestly whether or not they would be willing to hide someone in their own home, to avoid working with the Nazis, to avoid killing someone else if their own survival depended on the person's death. Without actually being in the situations, no one can predict what they would do. This book is a testament to that--the father's commitment to what he believes is right, and what he can, will, and must do for his son in their struggle to survive amid the ash-covered hell of a post-apocalyptic world. Poignant, scattered, sickening, and tender--a book to drive people apart and bring them together.

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  Riveting

  One of the best books I've read in a long long while.

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  ― KJoseph said on Nov 11, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  Anguish....I suffered too much

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  ― Palotapingi said on Jul 30, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  a little too slow-paced and eventless for my taste. but i guess in a way that's why it makes this story so powerful since it's so real. thou i am very touched by the bond shared by the main characters.

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  ― Vickywt said on Mar 30, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

• I'm pleased to find an end-of-days novel that doesn't jerk me around emotionally. Not much in the way of a narrative, but I liked the religious and barbaric elements. What do you tell this kid if not that there's a heaven? Also I found myself nodding to McCarthy's assumption that civility is so peri ... (continue)

  I'm pleased to find an end-of-days novel that doesn't jerk me around emotionally. Not much in the way of a narrative, but I liked the religious and barbaric elements. What do you tell this kid if not that there's a heaven? Also I found myself nodding to McCarthy's assumption that civility is so perilous: the enslaved women and catamites seem to me to be realistic consequences of lawlessness.

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  ― Leebeck said on Feb 29, 2008 about the Audio CD edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 304 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0307387895
• ISBN-13: 9780307387899
• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Pub date: Mar 28, 2007
• Dimensions: 20 cm x 13 cm x 3 cm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD and Others
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, Livres Français, Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, llibres en català, Libri Italiani, Svenska böcker

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