本作榮獲2007年美國鵝毛筆獎、普立茲獎小說類獎,並入圍美國國家書評人獎。
故事描述世界末日父與子的荒地求生故事。有別於電影的花俏拖沓,麥卡錫洗鍊的文字,成功詮釋父子親情與世界末日的災難情境,同名改編電影《末路浩劫》由約翰希爾寇特執導,維格莫特森與莎莉賽隆領銜主演。
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE - A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive, this tale of survival and the miracle of goodness only adds to McCarthy's stature as a living master. It's gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful.
—— San Francisco Chronicle
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.
■戈馬克.麥卡錫/Cormac McCarthy
Born in Rhode Island in 1933 but raised and educated in Tennesee, Cormac McCarthy is the author of a dozen previous novels and the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
作者:戈馬克.麥卡錫/Cormac McCarthy
版本:毛邊版/Deckle Edge First Edition
規格:精裝/Hardback,15.1 x 24.2 x 2.7 cm,246頁
出版商:Alfred A. Knopf
品牌:Alfred A. Knopf
出版日期:2006年09月15日
語言:英文
ISBN-13:978-0-307-26543-2
非新品書緣微泛黃,Deckle Edge 毛邊版,為印刷時特意保留紙張毛邊(feathered edge)而不予以剪裁。附保護書套,不介意物品狀況再行購買。
Condition: Good. Deckle Edge First Edition. Pre-owned book in good condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears. With dust jacket.