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The Road

By: Cormac McCarthy
Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
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Summary
 The searing, postapocalyptic 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. The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.©2006 Cormac McCarthy (P)2006 Recorded Books Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Science Fiction Fantasy Emotionally Gripping Scary Witty Heartfelt Tear-jerking Dystopian
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A sad, moving and incredible read. I felt I was on that road too. I grabbed another blanket and snuggled in to listen.
Narrator- fantastic!!!

Brilliant!

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Phenom narrator, even better book. definitely recommend to anyone that's into cryptic post apocalyptic stories.

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I had to listen to this book for a literature class, but I am so glad I did.

Beautifully and honestly narrated, this novel is captivating and thought provoking. The narrator really did an amazing job. I thoroughly recommend this book.

A Moving, Thought Provoking Story

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This is about the most apocalyptic book there is.
But the the way the human capacity for hope makes this one of the most uplifting books there is too.

There's always hope.

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I think this is the most realistic insight into what a post apocalyptic world would feel like. makes you appreciate what we have and fearful of what we could lose.

loved the movie, loved the book

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