'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy is a superb novel.
Yes, the apocalyptic disaster theme has been done ad nauseum but the relationship between the father and son is the core of this novel, not the disaster. I felt this book very personally as it was read shortly after the birth of Isaac. It is a love story at heart between a father and his boy. The father lives to ensure his son's survival and the simplicity of this theme is mirrored in the starkness of the prose, which is incredibly powerful and reflects the bleak, greyness of the environment.
After viewing the movie trailer, I have my reservations but regardless I will be watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94KcI0gLq1A
Yes, the apocalyptic disaster theme has been done ad nauseum but the relationship between the father and son is the core of this novel, not the disaster. I felt this book very personally as it was read shortly after the birth of Isaac. It is a love story at heart between a father and his boy. The father lives to ensure his son's survival and the simplicity of this theme is mirrored in the starkness of the prose, which is incredibly powerful and reflects the bleak, greyness of the environment.
After viewing the movie trailer, I have my reservations but regardless I will be watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94KcI0gLq1A
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