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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Brooks, Max
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0307346617
- ISBN 13
- 9780307346612
- Seller
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Three Rivers Press, 2007. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. In Very Good Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. The Zombie War Came Unthinkably Close To Eradicating Humanity. Max Brooks, Driven By The Urgency Of Preserving The Acid-Etched First-Hand Experiences Of The Survivors From Those Apocalyptic Years, Traveled Across The United States Of America And Throughout The World, From Decimated Cities That Once Teemed With Upwards Of Thirty Million Souls To The Most Remote And Inhospitable Areas Of The Planet. He Recorded The Testimony Of Men, Women, And Sometimes Children Who Came Face-To-Face With The Living, Or At Least The Undead, Hell Of That Dreadful Time. "World War Z" Is The Result. Never Before Have We Had Access To A Document That So Powerfully Conveys The Depth Of Fear And Horror, And Also The Ineradicable Spirit Of Resistance, That Gripped Human Society Through The Plague Years.
Synopsis
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (abbreviated WWZ) is a 2006 post-apocalyptic horror novel by Max Brooks. It is a follow-up to his 2003 book The Zombie Survival Guide. Rather than a grand overview or single narrative, World War Z is a collection of individual accounts in the form of interviews with characters conducted by the author. Brooks plays the role of an agent of the United Nations Postwar Commission who published the novel a decade after the Zombie War.
Reviews
On Nov 23 2022, a reader said:
This book is an amazing read, it pulled me in to the point that I literally couldn't put it down until my eyes rolled back in my head and I passed out from exhaustion. Pick up a copy and get yourself pulled into the pages as I did. You can thank me later!!!
On Nov 9 2014, a reader said:
Zombie novels have become a very popular sub-genre over the years, but few if any measure up to this one. In it, Max Brooks adopts an unusual literary device to tell the story of a zombie apocalypse and its aftermath. Though a series of wide-ranging “oral history interviews” modeled after the real-life work of Studs Terkel, Brooks recounts the rise of a pandemic that turns millions into the walking undead and the efforts by the survivors to reclaim the planet. Throughout it Brooks provides a commentary on contemporary politics and society that is starting to feel a little dated yet by no means detracts from the horror of the events he describes. By weaving a zombie apocalypse novel out of the tales of its survivors, he creates a work that is both wide-ranging an intimate at the same time, one that is a must-read for anyone who is a fan of the type.
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- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006185
- Title
- World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
- Author
- Brooks, Max
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0307346617
- ISBN 13
- 9780307346612
- Publisher
- Three Rivers Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 342
- Keywords
- Urban Fantasy, Fiction, Mythology, Magical Realism, Fantasy, Magic, Urban, Science Fiction, General, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- X weight
- 650 g
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