The man remembers what it was like when the world ended and the survivors fought over what was left. Nothing is left except the ruins of civilization, dead forests, and scraps. Like characters in an ancient parable, they don’t even have names: they’re just “the man” and “the boy.” Plot summaryĪ man and his son walk through America after a disaster has burned the world away. Let’s see how he hooks us in his Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road. Today, I’m looking at how Cormac McCarthy creates vulnerable characters that engage our emotions. I’m exploring the craft behind the openings of successful novels, so I can learn how to write a great first chapter for my own book. (This essay is also available as a video on YouTube. The road had enabled its author to receive the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2006, and had sold more than 700,000 copies in France.Rooting for the underdog Photo by Jose Murillo on Unsplash A post-apocalyptic novel about the survival of a father and his son, the book had been adapted to the cinema three years later, with Viggo Mortensen in the lead role. Direct continuation of Passenger, Stella Maris illuminates the gray areas of the first book and offers a one-way trip to the other side of the looking glass.Ĭormac McCarthy had remained very silent since the publication of The road in 2006. A tormented world, ruled by the figures of her grandmother, her mentor, the mathematician Alexandre, and her brother Bobby, who loves her with an impossible love. Ten years after the events of the first book, we find Alicia Western, twenty years old, in Wisconsin, on the occasion of a therapy where the young American will try to give the keys to her inner world. The author had announced the publication of two novels in 2022, including The passenger (De l’Olivier) published in March 2023 in France, and Stella Maris (De l’Olivier), sequel to the latter published today. At 89, Cormac McCarthy signs his big comeback after 16 years of absence.
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