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Book Discussion: The Road
Posted on March 20th, 2010 2 commentsThe Road by Cormac McCarthy has been getting a lot of tongue wagging time over on the Agent Query Connect area lately, so I have suggested that anyone wanting to discuss this novel to join in the discussion thread on March 22nd.
Have you read it?
Do you want to read it?
Join us! It’s free and fun.
It is definitely a book that will get people talking.
A little bit about the book: Set in post apocalyptic U.S.A, a father and son walk towards the coast where they hope to find people, food and sunshine. The countryside is dangerous, burned, freezing, dark, and dead. They slug through weeks of hunger, illness, bandits and close calls as they struggle to reach their destination.
And yes, it is a bit dark and depressing, however the story pulls you forward despite discrepancies (such as thunder storms when it is ‘cold enough to crack rocks’). There is something chilling, yet compelling.
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I’ve seen everyone talking about this one over at AQ, but I haven’t picked it up yet. I don’t do well with dark and depressing, so I’m not sure it’s for me. Although I repsect the opinions of those who say it’s the best book they’ve ever read, so I probably will get to it at some point. We’ll see
Regardless, I’m going to lurk on the conversation after work
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I don’t really do dark, either, but there is something human about The Road that overtakes the darkness. Yes, there are some images that are burned into my brain, but they aren’t gratuitous gore like you may find in some movies or books. As well, the brief simplicity of how he describes darker scenes whittles the horror away from the potential stab at your heart and mind aspects of it.
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Jemi Fraser March 20th, 2010 at 11:31