The Road
2006 novel by Cormac McCarthy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see The Road (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with On the Road by Jack Kerouac.
The Road is a 2006 post-apocalyptic novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. The book details the grueling journey of a father and his young son over a period of several months across a landscape blasted by an unspecified cataclysm that has destroyed industrial civilization and almost all life. The novel was awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 2006. The book was adapted into a film of the same name in 2009, directed by John Hillcoat.
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Author | Cormac McCarthy |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Post-apocalyptic fiction Tragedy[1][2][3][4][5][6] |
Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | September 26, 2006 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 287 |
ISBN | 0-307-26543-9 |
OCLC | 70630525 |
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