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The Road

内容简介

Inthispostapocalypticnovel,afatherandhissonwalkalonethroughburnedAmerica.Nothingmovesintheravagedlandscapesavetheashonthewind.Itiscoldenoughtocrackstones,andwhenthesnowfallsitisgray.Theyskyisdark.Theirdestinationisthecoast,althoughtheydon'tknowwhat,ifanything,awaitsthemthere.Theyhavenothing;justapistoltodefendthemselvesagainstthelawlessbandsthatstalktheroad,theclothestheyarewearing,acartofscavengedfood--andeachother.Thisbookboldlyimaginesafutureinwhichnohoperemains,butinwhichthefatherandhisson,"eachtheother'sworldentire,"aresustainedbylove.Itisanunflinchingmeditationontheworstandthebestthatwearecapableof:ultimatedestructiveness,desperatetenacity,andthetendernessthatkeepstwopeoplealiveinthefaceoftotaldevastation.

作者简介

CormacMcCarthy(bornCharlesMcCarthy;July20,1933)isanAmericannovelistandplaywright.Hehaswrittentennovels,spanningtheSouthernGothic,Western,andmodernistgenres.HereceivedthePulitzerPrizeandtheJamesTaitBlackMemorialPrizeforFictionforTheRoad.His2005novelNoCountryforOldMenwasadaptedasa2007filmofthesamename,whichwonfourAcademyAwards,includingBestPicture.HereceivedaNationalBookAwardandNationalBookCriticsCircleAwardforhis1992novel,AllthePrettyHorses.AllthePrettyHorsesandTheRoadwerealsomadeintomajormotionfilms.BloodMeridian(1985)wasamongTimemagazine'slistof100bestEnglish-languagebookspublishedbetween1923and2005andplacedjointrunner-upinapolltakenin2006byTheNewYorkTimesofthebestAmericanfictionpublishedinthelast25years.LiterarycriticHaroldBloomnamedhimasoneofthefourmajorAmericannovelistsofhistime,alongsideDonDeLillo,ThomasPynchonandPhilipRoth,andcalledBloodMeridian"thegreatestsinglebooksinceFaulkner’sAsILayDying".In2010TheTimesrankedTheRoadfirstonitslistofthe100bestfictionandnon-fictionbooksofthepast10years.HeisfrequentlycomparedbymodernreviewerstoWilliamFaulkner.McCarthyhasbeenincreasinglymentionedasacandidatefortheNobelPrizeinLiterature.

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