Book Club: Cormac McCarthy's The Road

Cormac McCarthy's The Road is a haunting post-apocalyptic novel that follows a father and son through a devastated world stripped of civilization. Beneath its sparse prose lies a profound philosophical and religious meditation, drawing on themes associated with Gnosticism: a fallen and broken world, the struggle to preserve an inner spark of goodness, and the search for meaning amid overwhelming darkness. Join us as we discuss McCarthy's vision of humanity, hope, evil, and redemption, exploring whether The Road offers a fundamentally bleak outlook or points toward the possibility of transcendence. This meeting will take place on Wednesday, August 12, at 6:30 PM at the UTS Sydney Library.