The road
America is a barren landscape of smoldering ashes, devoid of life except for those people still struggling to scratch out some type of existence. Amidst the destruction, a father and his young son walk, always toward the coast, but with no real understanding that circumstances will improve once they...
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| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
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Prince Frederick, Md. :
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p2006.
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| Summary: | America is a barren landscape of smoldering ashes, devoid of life except for those people still struggling to scratch out some type of existence. Amidst the destruction, a father and his young son walk, always toward the coast, but with no real understanding that circumstances will improve once they arrive. Still they persevere, and their relationship comes to represent goodness in a world that is utterly devastated. |
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| Item Description: | "Unabridged Fiction"--Container. |
| Physical Description: | 6 sound discs (6 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: | 1428105514 : |
| Author Notes: | His first novel, The Orchard Keeper, was published in 1965. His other works include Outer Dark, Child of God, Suttree, and Blood Meridian. All the Pretty Horses, the first part of the Border Trilogy, which also includes The Crossing and Cities of the Plains, won the National Book Award in 1992. His novel No Country for Old Men was adapted into a film in 2007. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for The Road. He has also written plays and screenplays. (Bowker Author Biography) |
