Born in Rhode Island in 1933 but raised and educated in Tennessee, Cormac McCarthy is the author of nine previous novels and the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He now lives in New Mexico.
"From the Trade Paperback edition."
"His 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. It might very well be the best book of
the year, period."
--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Vivid, eloquent . . . The Road is the most readable of
[McCarthy's] works, and consistently brilliant in its imagining of
the posthumous condition of nature and civilization."
--"The New York Times Book Review"
"One of McCarthy's best novels, probably his most moving and
perhaps his most personal."
--"Los Angeles Times Book Review"
"Illuminated by extraordinary tenderness. . . . Simple yet
mysterious, simultaneously cryptic and crystal clear. The Road
offers nothing in the way of escape or comfort. But its fearless
wisdom is more indelible than reassurance could ever be."
--"The New York Times"
"No American writer since Faulkner has wandered so willingly into
the swamp waters of deviltry and redemption. . . . [McCarthy] has
written this last waltz with enough elegant reserve to capture what
matters most."
--"The Boston Globe"
"There is an urgency to each page, and a raw emotional pull . . .
making [The Road] easily one of the most harrowing books you'll
ever encounter. . . . Once opened, [it is] nearly impossible to put
down; it is as if you must keep reading in order for the characters
to stay alive. . . . The Road is a deeply imagined work and
harrowing no matter what your politics."
--"Bookforum"
"We find this violent, grotesque world rendered in gorgeous,
melancholic, even biblical cadences. . . . Few books can do more;
few have done better. Read this book."
--"Rocky Mountain News"
"A dark book that glows with the intensity of [McCarthy's] huge
gift for language. . . . Why read this? . . . Because in its
lapidary transcription of the deepest despair short of total
annihilation we may ever know, this book announces the triumph of
language over noth
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