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Cormac McCarthy
2006
Novel
Adventure, Science Fiction
The Road uses a limited third-person point of view that often reveals the thoughts and feelings of the main character. Sometimes it is difficult to determine whether the narration reflects the man's thoughts or the musings of an outside narrator.
The Road is told in the past tense.
The main characters of The Road spend most of the story traveling the roads of a postapocalyptic world. The road in the story can also be considered as a metaphor for the journey of life.
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