The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

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The Road
(La Route)
Page count176 pages
Publisher Dargaud
Creative team
Writer Manu Larcenet, after Cormac McCarthy
ArtistManu Larcenet
Original publication
Date of publication29 March 2024
LanguageFrench
ISBN 9782205208153
Translation
Publisher Abrams ComicArts
Date17 September 2024
ISBN 9781419776779

The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (French : La Route) is a French comic book by Manu Larcenet, published by Dargaud on 29 March 2024. [1] It is based on the novel The Road by Cormac McCarthy and follows a father and his son who try to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. [2] [3]

Contents

François Rissel of ActuaBD  [ fr ] wrote that it "faithfully transposes the violence and horror" of McCarthy's novel and "carries a brutal, almost nihilistic vision". [4]

References

  1. ↑ Raymond, Elodie (27 March 2024). "La Route". Planète BD (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  2. ↑ Berridge, George (13 December 2024). "Road to perdition" . The Times Literary Supplement . Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "The Road". Kirkus Reviews . 15 July 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  4. ↑ Rissel, François (28 March 2024). "' La Route ' de Manu Larcenet - Un exercice audacieux relevé avec beaucoup de justesse". ActuaBD  [ fr ] (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2025.

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