La strada

218 pages

Italiano language

Published Jan. 12, 2014 by Einaudi.

ISBN:
978-88-06-21936-9
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OCLC Number:
233839680

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4 stars (18 reviews)

Un uomo e un bambino, padre e figlio, senza nome. Spingono un carrello, pieno del poco che è rimasto, lungo una strada americana. La fine del viaggio è invisibile. Circa dieci anni prima il mondo è stato distrutto da un'apocalisse nucleare che lo ha trasformato in un luogo buio, freddo, senza vita, abitato da bande di disperati e predoni. Non c'è storia e non c'è futuro. Mentre i due cercano invano più calore spostandosi verso sud, il padre racconta la propria vita al figlio. Ricorda la moglie (che decise di suicidarsi piuttosto che cadere vittima degli orrori successivi all'olocausto nucleare) e la nascita del bambino, avvenuta proprio durante la guerra. Tutti i loro averi sono nel carrello, il cibo è poco e devono periodicamente avventurarsi tra le macerie a cercare qualcosa da mangiare. Visitano la casa d'infanzia del padre ed esplorano un supermarket abbandonato in cui il figlio beve per …

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reviewed The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Oprah's Book Club (57))

A tale of emotional and physical stamina

4 stars

I think the takeaway with this tale is to never stop trying, to never give up. There’s no promise of something better, just the very human decision to will yourself forward. That if a better place is indeed out there, it can only be reached through effort, one step at a time.

Overwrought, didn't quite land for me

3 stars

I can see why for many this is a beloved book for some, but it didn't capture me.

The writing often felt plodding and overwrought, instead of evocative and touching. And this novel is all scene and style and very little story, so there was not much else to go on.

I found myself wishing this had been a short story instead of a novel.

La Carretera: una obra fundamental.

5 stars

He descubierto a Cormac McCarthy. Acabo de leer su obra cumbre, La Carretera, y vaya si me ha calado. Por su estilo, directo, poético, duro y bello, que me gusta mucho y que me resulta afín y ameno. Pero también por su temática, que me parece fundamental. ¿De qué trata? Para mí trata del sentido de la vida para nuestra generación, época de Cultura del Shock y cúlmen de la Sociedad del Espectáculo. Cualquiera que tenga mis casi cincuenta, más si está criando a un hijo, se habrá sentido de una forma íntima, difícil de explicar, una o muchas veces, en esa carretera que recorren los protagonistas del libro, en la que uno busca un futuro para él y para los suyos, un rayo de sol en un mundo en apariencia gris, decadente e inseguro, que amenaza en convertirse en ceniza de una manera más o menos literal, según el …

Review of 'The Road' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

shot thru this in 24 hours - maybe not the best idea for such a dreary, bleak novel - but it's structure just lent itself to keep going. there's no chapters; it's short section ater short section. and there's an urgency that keeps your alarm up. plus, maybe, i knew it would be a downer and i wanted to get it over with and move on as soon as i could.
ha-
the images and emotions stayed with me for days
and, like i always do when i'm still unsettled after a book or a film is finished - i looked it up on wikipedia.
so many people are calling it an environmental novel - which i think is too superficial. the disaster has already happened; how does humnaity proceeed?
not well, apparently.
the book was beyond depressing because it showed that our instincts of self preservation are also self …

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Subjects

  • Regression (Civilization)
  • Voyages and travels
  • Survival
  • Fathers and sons
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