Title: Will stand as one of the best books of our time
Product review: McCarthy's "The Road" begins a tale of the bleakest subject matter with, fittingly, succinct, bleak prose- but don't let this stop you from reading it.A man and his son are in movement across a burned American landscape, with nothing but the clothes on their back, and a shopping cart of provisions. Difficult as it was to get through the first pages, I pressed on and found that the way McCarthy describes the events of the book--slowly, flatly, and devoid of gratuitous language/metaphor--actually very much lends itself to the subject matter. At the core, this book is about survival; about two humans beings against the earth, without a single barrier.McCarthy absolutely masterfully conveys the beauty of this, as well as the sheer horror of it-- One of the best books I've ever read.
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