In this brilliantly original take on the post-apocalyptic horror
novel, American novelist Colson Whitehead shakes up the zombie genre
with genius results.
A pandemic has devastated the planet,
sorting humanity into two types :the uninfected and the infected, the
living and the living dead. Now the plague is receding, and Americans
are busy rebuilding civilisation under orders from the provisional
government based in Buffalo. Their top mission :the resettlement of
Manhattan.
Armed forces have successfully reclaimed the island south of
Canal 'street - aka 'Zone One' - eliminating the most dangerous
plague victims, but pockets of infected squatters remain. Teams of
civilian volunteers are tasked with clearing out the 'malfunctioning'
stragglers who exist in a catatonic state, transfixed by their former
lives, but who are lethal when roused.
Mark 'spitz is a
member of one of the civilian teams working in lower Manhattan. The
novel alternates between flashbacks of 'spitz's desperate fight for
survival during the worst of the outbreak and his present narrative,
unfolding over three surreal days as he undertakes the mundane mission
of straggler removal, suffers the rigours of Post-Apocalyptic 'stress
Disorder, and attempts to come to terms with a fallen world.
And then things start to go wrong.
The author:
Colson Whitehead's The Intuitionist was one of the most highly praised
and award-winning first novels of all time. Whitehead lives in
Brooklyn, New York.
Text in English
Taal / Language : English
Paperback
272 pagina's
Augustus 2012
198x131x18 mm
Vintage UK
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