"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

A nameless man with his son travel to the coast in search of food, shelter, as well as some sign of life. Encounters with other humans are devastating affairs of unkindness, savagery, or despair.

Even in a apparently hopeless struggle for his son, the father discovers moments that bring warmth. Although weary, moments of luck or providence appear to catch them before death's grip can take hold. The Road doesn't turn away from final horror, but also doesn't hide defiant love.

A father plus son are striving to live a wilds that employed to be a country that used ...