The Road
Asphalt for driving
The Road is Cormac McCarthy's 2006 post-apocalyptic novel following a father and son traveling through a devastated American landscape.
The spare, haunting prose and unnamed characters made it a literary landmark.
The book won the Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into a 2009 film.
Have you read The Road?
- avenueBroad urban roadway
- travelMovement between locations
- boulevardBroad, tree-lined street
- expresswayLimited-access highway
- highwayMajor road for travel
artery · McCarthy · beaten · journey · freeway · pilgrimage · fork · Pulitzer · allegory · lane · novel · pavement · thoroughfare · post-apocalyptic · narrative · destiny · asphalt · odyssey
- 20th Century Books1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Catch-22, Grapes of Wrath
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, book, paperback
- Adapted NovelsHarry Potter, The Hunger Games, Twilight, Jurassic Park, The Lord of the Rings
- Road MoviesEasy Rider, Thelma and Louise, National Lampoon's Vacation, Rain Man, Dumb and Dumber
- American LiteratureThe Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Scarlet Letter, Moby-Dick, Moby Dick
- Absurdist WorksWaiting for Godot, Rhinoceros, Happy Days, Sisyphean task, meaninglessness
The Roadwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
uncharted territory · the wild · footpath · trail · path
The Roadhome
One's personal residence
destination · dwelling · settlement · hearth · shelter
The RoadThe Secret Garden
Novel about restorative enclosure
Pollyanna · utopian fiction · Anne of Green Gables · Charlotte's Web · Gilead
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