Cormac McCarthy
4) La carretera
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Physical Desc
210 pages ; 24 cm
Language
Español
Description
America is a barren landscape of smoldering ashes, devoid of life except for those people still struggling to scratch out some type of existence. Amidst the destruction, a father and his young son walk, always toward the coast, but with no real understanding that circumstances will improve once they arrive. Still they persevere, and their relationship comes to represent goodness in a world that is utterly devastated.
Esta novela "transcurre en la...
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Physical Desc
2 audio discs (1.75 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An encounter on a New York subway platform leads two strangers to a run-down tenement where a life or death decision must be made. The two men begin a conversation that leads each back through his own history, mining the origins of two fundamentally opposing worldviews.
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Series
Everyman's library volume no. 261
Physical Desc
301, 425, 291 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
7) The Road
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The epic post-apocalyptic tale of the survival of a father and his young son as they journey across a barren America that was destroyed by a mysterious cataclysm. A masterpiece of adventure, it boldly imagines a future where a father and his son are sustained by love amid a civilization breaking down all around them.