by Cormac McCarthy · PAN BOOKS · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330469487
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«The Road» is the post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Cormac McCarthy, published by Pan Books in 2008, in paperback (307 pages, in English).
Set in a devastated future, the novel follows the journey of a father and his son through an ash-covered landscape. They walk towards the coast, carrying their few belongings, in a world where survival is a constant struggle against hunger, cold and other threats. Amid the desolation, their relationship becomes a bond of love and resistance that gives them strength to continue. In 2009, a film adaptation was released.
The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2007. This edition, originally published in 2008, includes the film adaptation design and is aimed at adult readers.
Cormac McCarthy was an American author who wrote twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western, post-apocalyptic, and Southern Gothic genres. His works often include graphic depictions of violence, and his writing style is characterized by a sparse use of punctuation and attribution. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novelists.
