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First Year Reading
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
"The clocks stopped at 1:17. A long shear of
light and then a series of low concussions."
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About the book Publisher: Vintage Books The Road is available to purchase from the Bowdoin Bookstore at a 30% discount. Copies are also available at the library and, if a copy is not available, request from NExpress. |
Hear about The Road …
Slate Magazine Audio Book Club on Cormac McCarthy's The Road, Meghan O'Rourke, Katie Roiphe, and John Burnham Schwartz, May 31, 2007. ( MP3 format, requires iTunes.)
NPR Critic Alan Cheuse reviews The Road, November 7, 2006. (click on "listen now"; streaming audio.)
Reviews …
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"A Trackless Waste", New Criterion; October 2006. (Bowdoin log-in required) "Left Behind", by William Kennedy, New York Times, October 8, 2006. (register with NYT) "The New Canon: The Road", by Ted Gioia. Blogritics, October 20, 2008. |
Background…
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Oprah book club-- Themes, reading questions related to The Road. "Cormac McCarthy's Venomous Fiction" by Richard B. Woodward, April 19, 1992 -- this article predates The Road by 14 years but still refers to his 'apocalyptic vision'. According to the Cormac McCarthy Society, this is the most substantial interview he's given. (register with NYT) "Cormac McCarthy's Apocalypse" by David Kushner, Rolling Stone, December 27, 2007. (Bowdoin log-in required) |
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