Late last week I was surfing the net and came across a list of contemporary classics. On the top of that list was the name of a book I had never heard of titled The Road. Later I found out it was on Oprah’s book club and had been given a pulitzer. It was also written by the same guy (Cormac McCarthy) who gave us the acadamy award for best picture last year in “No Country For Old Men.”. So I picked up the book and gave it a read.
At first If found his style very different, and difficult to get into, but soon after 50 pages I started to understand the world he was painting and the way he was going to go about it. The book depicts the story of a father and son who are living in a Post-Nuclear war world in which all morals and laws of the days of old are thrown out the window. He describes a hauntingly accurate description of what could await us as a species if we are not careful. The book was spine chillingly descriptive, gray as ash, and very poetic. The book is a story of absolute love, in the face of when everything is loss.
It’s not an easy piece of literature to go through, but one that I think people need to read. Pick it up, prepare yourself for a haunting naritive, but guarentee you’ll enjoy the journey down the path. I’d also suggest having a childrens book about rainbows and kittens ready as soon as you’re done to counter balance yourself.
This is also coming to the big screen this November. I will be going opening weekend.
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