The Resource The road, Cormac McCarthy
The road, Cormac McCarthy
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The item The road, Cormac McCarthy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The road, Cormac McCarthy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- A father and son are walking alone through burned America. They have nothing, just a pisto 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
- eng
- Extent
- 254 pages (large print)
- Note
- "Center Point large print edition"--Verso t.p
- Isbn
- 9781585478934
- Label
- The road
- Title
- The road
- Statement of responsibility
- Cormac McCarthy
- Subject
-
- Survival -- Fiction
- trueSurvival (after nuclear warfare)
- Robinsonades
- Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction
- Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction
- truePost-apocalypse
- truePersonal conduct
- trueApocalyptic fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- trueCannibalism
- trueCatastrophism
- trueDisasters
- trueEthics
- trueFamilial love
- trueFathers and sons
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- trueHunger
- Large type books
- trueNear future
- trueLiterary fiction
- Voyages and travels -- United States -- Fiction
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- trueUnited States
- Survival -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A father and son are walking alone through burned America. They have nothing, just a pisto to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food--and each other
- Summary
- Apocalypse grips the earth; wildlife has disappeared; and starvation prevails. Amidst this bleak backdrop, a man and his young son slowly make their way toward the coast. Avoiding roves of marauding cannibals and fighting off starvation, they gain hope and stamina in knowing they are some of the remaining few virtuous people
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 2007.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2006.
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, 2006.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2006.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2006
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2007.
- YALSA Outstanding Book for the College Bound, 2009.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 145594
- Cataloging source
- NjBwBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1933-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McCarthy, Cormac
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 670
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- PS3563.C337
- LC item number
- R63 2008
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Fathers and sons
- Voyages and travels
- Regression (Civilization)
- Survival
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The road, Cormac McCarthy
- Note
- "Center Point large print edition"--Verso t.p
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 17405028
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 254 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781585478934
- Lccn
- 2006023331
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm70630461
- Label
- The road, Cormac McCarthy
- Note
- "Center Point large print edition"--Verso t.p
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 17405028
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 254 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781585478934
- Lccn
- 2006023331
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm70630461
Subject
- Survival -- Fiction
- trueSurvival (after nuclear warfare)
- Robinsonades
- Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction
- Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction
- truePost-apocalypse
- truePersonal conduct
- trueApocalyptic fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- trueCannibalism
- trueCatastrophism
- trueDisasters
- trueEthics
- trueFamilial love
- trueFathers and sons
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- trueHunger
- Large type books
- trueNear future
- trueLiterary fiction
- Voyages and travels -- United States -- Fiction
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- trueUnited States
- Survival -- Fiction
Genre
- Fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- Large type books
- trueLiterary fiction
- Robinsonades
- trueApocalyptic fiction
Included in
- trueJames Tait Black Memorial Prize: Fiction
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2007
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2006
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2006
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2006
- truePulitzer Prize: Fiction
- trueYALSA Outstanding Books for the College Bound - Literature and Language Arts: 2009
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2007.
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2006.
- Award
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, 2006.
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books, 2006.
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2006
- Award
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2007.
- Award
- YALSA Outstanding Book for the College Bound, 2009.
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