The Road

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A searing, post apocalyptic 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. Read The Road by Cormac McCarthy – kino-fada.fr The Road is unsteady and repetitive now aping Melville, now Hemingway but it is less a seamless blend than a reanimated corpse sewn together from dead parts into a lumbering, incongruous whole, then jolted to ignoble half life by McCarthy s grand reputation with Hollywood Filmmakers and incestuous award committees.In 96, NYU Professor Alan Sokal submitted a paper for publication to several scientific journals He made it so complex and full of jargon the average person wouldn t be able to ma The Road is unsteady and repetitive now aping Melville, now Hemingway but it is less a seamless blend than a reanimated corpse sewn together from dead parts into a lumbering, incongruous whole, then jolted to ignoble half life by McCarthy s grand reputation with Hollywood Filmmakers and incestuous award committees.In 96, NYU Professor Alan Sokal submitted a paper for publication to several scientific journals He made it so complex and full of jargon the average person wouldn t be able to make heads or tails of it He wrote a conclusion that would deliberately flatter the preconceptions of the journals he submitted it to As he predicted, it was accepted and published, despite the fact that it was all complete nonsense.The Sokal Affair showed the utter incompetence of these trusted judges They were unable to recognize good or bad arguments and were mostly motivated by politics The accolades showered upon works like The Road have convinced me that the judges of literature are...This wasn t nearly as funny as everybody says it is.I really feel compelled to write up a review of McCarthy s The Road as this book really worked for me for those of you who haven t read it, there are no real spoilers below, only random quotes and thematic commentary I read it last night in one sitting Hours of almost nonstop reading I found it to be an excellent book on so many levels that I am at a loss as to where to begin It was at once gripping, terrifying, utterly heart wrenching, and completely beautiful I have read most of McCarth I really feel compelled to write up a review of McCarthy s The Road as this book really worked for me for those of you who haven t read it, there are no real spoilers below, only random quotes and thematic commentary I read it last night in one sitting Hours of almost nonstop reading I found it to be an excellent book on so many levels that I am at a loss as to where to begin It was at once gripping, terrifying, utterly heart wrenching, and completely beautiful I have read most of McCarthy s other books and am already a big fan, but this one is different, perhaps his best in terms of lean, masterful prose, plot presentation, and flat out brilliant storytelling.Take this passage for example The blackness he woke to on those nights was sightless and impenetrable A blackness to hurt your ears with listening Often he had to get up No sound but the wind in the bare blackened trees He rose and stood tottering i...He palmed the spartan book with black cover and set out in the gray morning Grayness, ashen Ashen in face Ashen in the sky.He set out for the road, the book in hand Bleakness, grayness Nothing but gray, always.He was tired and hungry Coughing The coughing had gotten worse He felt like he might die But he couldn t die Not yet.The boy depended on him.He walked down the road, awaiting the creaking bus It trundled from somewhere, through the gray fog The ashen gray fog.He stepped aboard, He palmed the spartan book with black cover and set out in the gray morning Grayness, ashen Ashen in face Ashen in the sky.He set out for the road, the book in hand Bleakness, grayness Nothing but gray, always.He was tired and hungry Coughing The coughing had gotten worse He felt like he might die But he couldn t die Not yet.The boy depended on him.He walked down the road, awaiting the creaking bus It trundled from somewhere, through the gray fog The ashen gray fog.He stepped aboard, spartan book in hand No one spoke They were all ghosts Tired, wrinkled, rumpled, going wherever Not knowing why Just going.He opened the book and...A few years back, I have watched The Road on HBO I actually like the film, and I think it s well crafted I held back on reading the book for a while since the movie seemed pretty straightforward and powerful enough to convey the story An opportunity presented itself though, when I got hold of a copy on the last day of The Annual Library Book Sale Since I can t seem to get enough of dreary stories lately, I have decided to read this one right away The Road is a novel by an American master A few years back, I have watched The Road on HBO I actually like the film, and I think it s well crafted I held back on reading the book for a while since the movie seemed pretty straightforward and powerful enough to convey the story An opportunity presented itself though, when I got hold of a copy on the last day of The Annual Library Book Sale Since I can t seem to get enough of dreary stories lately, I have decided to read this one right away The Road is a novel by an American master It has all the thrills you d expect from a post apocalyptic novel, a fair share of horror and gore, and you ll also enco...I m a terrible person because I didn t really like The Road and I m not sure how I feel about Cormac McCarthy Honestly, I think there s something wrong with me I just finished reading The Road today it only took a couple of hours to get through, because it s not that long a book, and I think it was a good way to read it because I felt really immersed in the story, which is told like one long run on nightmare of poetic import The characters don t get quotation marks when they speak, and I m a terrible person because I didn t really like The Road and I m not sure how I feel about Cormac McCarthy Honestly, I think there s something wrong with me I just finished reading The Road today it only took a couple of hours to get through, because it s not that long a book, and I think it was a good way to read it because I felt really immersed in the story, which is told like one long run on nightmare of poetic import The characters don t get quotation marks when they speak, and for some reason McCarthy also does away with the apostrophes in words like couldn t and shouldn t I m still not really sure why that was necessary, it seemed a little unjustified The story is set in a post apocalyptic world but the apocalypse itself is never really described or explained I still don t really know why the world is the way i...The Roadis a truly disturbing book it is absorbing, mystifying and completely harrowing Simply because it shows us how man could act given the right circumstances it s a terrifying concept because it could also be a true one.It isn t a book that gives you any answers, you have to put the pieces together and presume For whatever reason, be it nuclear war or environmental collapse, the world has gone to hell It is a wast...The view that there are two independent, primal forces in the universe, one good and one evil, is called dualism According to dualism, the good God does the best he can to promote good and combat evil but he can only do so much since evil is a powerful counterforce in its own right The ancient Gnostics were dualists with their scriptures emphasizing the mythic rather than the historic and positing our evil world of matter created not by an all powerful God ...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here So I generally don t hate books Recently when joining a face2face club they asked which book I disliked the most and had no answer Well I want to thank Cormac McCarthy for giving me something to be able to put there.Having heard the buzz about this book and having seen the plethora of positive reviews, I felt compelled to write my own...How to Write Like Cormac McCarthy1 Make sure the first sentence contains a verb.2 But neither the second.3 Nor the third.4 Repeat until finished 5 Or sooner deterred.We ll Become Well EventuallyThe Boy Papa Papa Yes The Boy What s this Papa It s an apostrophe.The Boy What does it do Papa It takes two words and turns them into a contraction.The Boy Is that good Papa Years ago people used to think it was good.The Boy What about now Papa Not many people use them now.The Boy Does th How to Write Like Cormac McCarthy1 Make sure the first sentence contains a verb.2 But neither the second.3 Nor the third.4 Repeat until finished 5 Or sooner deterred.We ll Become Well EventuallyThe Boy Papa Papa Yes The Boy What s this Papa It s an apostrophe.The Boy What does it do Papa It takes two words and turns them into a contraction.The Boy Is that good Papa Years ago people used to think it was good.The Boy What about now Papa Not many people use them now.The Boy Does the world already have enough contractions, Papa Papa I hadn t thought of it like that But you might be on to something.The Boy What difference would it make if we threw away all the apostrophes Papa Not much I don t think.The Boy I wonder if we could get rid of the apostrophe, then maybePapa Yes The Boy You could say we ll be well.Papa You re right You know But it could get confusing If you wrote it down Without an apostrophe Well be well The Boy But really, Papa, if we could take away just o...

The Road
  • English
  • 05 August 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 241 pages
  • 0307265439
  • Cormac McCarthy
  • The Road