The Road: Novel Analysis The Road is a novel written by an American writer Cormac McCarthy in the year of 2006. The novel is a post-apocalyptic narration of a young boy and his father who over a span of several months, across a horrific scenery that seems to have destroyed most of civilization and, in the previous year's, Earth as a whole. The Road is a hauntingly beautiful novel that strives for hope in a desert of despair. A father and his young son travel across what seems as post-apocalyptic America some years after an annihilation event. The land is covered with layers of ash and the absence of life. The boy’s mother, whom was pregnant with him during a time of catastrophe, committed suicide. After having realization that they cannot