tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114882006965093978.post7950497762816850209..comments2019-05-06T02:19:45.182-07:00Comments on Alexandria Campus Book Club: What We're Reading NowMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18338777912081562666noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114882006965093978.post-75613852852810800522007-10-31T08:54:00.000-07:002007-10-31T08:54:00.000-07:00I've been playing with Library Thing (www.libraryt...I've been playing with Library Thing (www.librarything.com) which lets you create your personal library catalog and tag books with your own subject terms. Tags other readers have assigned to "The Road" included "Fathers and sons" and "Survivors" and linked it to our next book, "Maus" -- a connection I hadn't made when we selected the books.Sylvia Rortvedthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355730503780684716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114882006965093978.post-23317052044773896872007-10-09T06:01:00.000-07:002007-10-09T06:01:00.000-07:00The title "The Road" conjures up the literary conv...The title "The Road" conjures up the literary convention of "quest" or "journey" fiction, in the tradition of Pilgrim's Progress and Tom Jones. Like Bunyan's everyman, the protagonists in "The Road" are not given names. What is the spiritual journey that McCarthy reflects upon: the human condition? The fate of civilisation?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18338777912081562666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114882006965093978.post-43770937035165790892007-10-04T11:53:00.000-07:002007-10-04T11:53:00.000-07:00"I'm not sure I understand why he couldn't use quo..."I'm not sure I understand why he couldn't use quotation marks."<BR/><BR/>Presumably grammar and punctuation go out the window along with civilisation. -- MattMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18338777912081562666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114882006965093978.post-40466428642662610612007-10-04T11:01:00.000-07:002007-10-04T11:01:00.000-07:00The Road was a great book. Really easy to read, t...The Road was a great book. Really easy to read, though I'm not sure I understand why he couldn't use quotation marks. <BR/>Sad story. We would all like to believe that we would help others we came across on such a desolate road, but our families always come first.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15784235132276506628noreply@blogger.com