The Road by Cormac McCarthy Visual Representationįor readers who enjoyed The Road, there are many other novels that depict similar themes and settings. When speaking about The Road today, McCarthy recalls spending time in El Paso Texas with his son and considering what the world would look like with “fires up on the hill and everything being laid to waste.” He was loosely inspired by his relationship with his own son when penning this novel. Throughout his career, he’s won a MacArthur Fellowship, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. To this day, McCarthy has written ten novels, including The Road, No Country for Old Men, and Blood Meridian. His first novel, The Orchard Keeper, was published in 1965. He studied creative writing at the University of Tennessee for a period of time before twice dropping out. Antagonist: The world and everyone living in itĬormac McCarthy was born in July of 1933 in Providence, Rhode Island.
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