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The Road
Paperback, 287 pages, Random House Inc, List Price: $14.95 | purchase
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Book Summary
In a novel set in an indefinite, futuristic, post-apocalyptic world, a father and his young son make their way through the ruins of a devastated American landscape, struggling to survive and preserve the last remnants of their own humanity.
Awards and Recognition
Pulitzer Prize (2007)
Genres:
This book is about:
- Robinsonades,
- Regression (Civilization),
- Voyages and travels,
- Survival,
- Survival skills,
- Fathers and sons,
- Fiction
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