The Road

In the postapocalyptic The Road (2006), a father and son struggle to survive after a disaster (left unspecified) that has all but destroyed the United States. Critics marked a new emotional depth and a note of redemption in the book, much unlike McCarthy’s previous work; yet, as The…

…adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s postapocalyptic novel of the same name. In the dramedy Young Adult (2011), Theron starred as a willfully immature woman who returns to her hometown in pursuit of her high-school sweetheart. She enlivened the screen as the evil queen in the dark fairy-tale adaptation Snow White and…

Geraldine Brooks 2007 The Road Cormac McCarthy 2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Díaz 2009 Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout