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Notes on Cormac McCarthy's The Road

Anis Shivani | Posted 01.05.2013 | Books
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Anis Shivani

The Road is one of the greatest indictments of the bourgeois novel of individual growth, the bildungsroman, the paradigmatic novelistic genre of the nineteenth century.

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Cormac McCarthy Joins Twitter, Gets Abuse

Posted 01.23.2012 | Books
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UPDATE: It seems that the account is in fact fake. GalleyCat has the story: While the laconic writer would be a perfect fit for Twitter, the Vintag...

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Are 'We the People' Baby-Eaters from The Road?

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Olivia Rosewood

The only way I could relate to the brutality of the fictitious cannibalism of The Road was through my experience with our country's health care system.

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From No Country For Old Men To No Movie For Faith Audiences? I Don't Think So

Larry Ross | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Larry Ross

On the surface, The Road has enough drama and thrills to quench the craving of any Friday night movie buff. But its greatest impact will not be on the screen, but afterwards, in discussions about the vital issues it raises.

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The Film of Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road' Is About To Open, So I Read the Book. I'm Still Shaking.

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Jesse Kornbluth

Opening soon: the movie made from the novel of The Road. I saw the preview and was impressed, so I picked up the book. And, to my surprise, it knocked me out.

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Cormac McCarthy's Typewriter Goes To Auction

The New York Times | PATRICIA COHEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Cormac McCarthy has written more than a dozen novels, several screenplays, two plays, two short stories, countless drafts, letters and more -- and nea...

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