num_pages: 241
description: A searing, post apocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece.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.
language: English
title: The Road
titlecomplete: The Road
characters: The boy, The man
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Apocalyptic, Horror, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Dystopia, Post Apocalyptic
ratings_count: 868702
places: The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: The Quill Award
category: General Fiction, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Premio Ignotus
category: Mejor Novela Extranjera, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Puddly Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Believer Book Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Tähtivaeltaja Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Cena Akademie SFFH
category: Kniha roku (Book of the Year), awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Prix des libraires du Québec
category: Lauréats hors Québec, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: The Rooster -- The Morning News Tournament of Books, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Premio La tormenta en un vaso
category: Mejor libro escrito en otras lenguas, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Premios Fervenzas Literarias
category: Traducción , awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Picador