World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

Max Brooks

sept 2006 · Distribuido por Del Rey

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Prepare to be entranced by this addictively readable oral history of the great war between humans and zombies.”—Entertainment Weekly
 
We survived the zombie apocalypse, but how many of us are still haunted by that terrible time? We have (temporarily?) defeated the living dead, but at what cost? Told in the haunting and riveting voices of the men and women who witnessed the horror firsthand, World War Z is the only record of the pandemic.
 
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, 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.

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

“Will spook you for real.”—The New York Times Book Review
 
“Possesses more creativity and zip than entire crates of other new fiction titles. Think Mad Max meets The Hot Zone. . . . It’s Apocalypse Now, pandemic-style. Creepy but fascinating.”—USA Today
 
“Will grab you as tightly as a dead man’s fist. A.”—Entertainment Weekly, EW Pick 
 
“Probably the most topical and literate scare since Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds radio broadcast . . . This is action-packed social-political satire with a global view.”—Dallas Morning News

Calificaciones y opiniones

It's plus a 3.5⭐. How about the information Max Brooks presents to us is very detailed and very interesting about how to face zombies, only for me it was a lot of terminology about weapons and war things that obviously overwhelmed me. It's true that Max has an amazing mind when creating this books and derivatives of history, what I liked most is that it can be taken as a guide to the apocalypse. The book as it says is a good basis for the film, which complements very well to some extent.

una increible narrativa que se situa alrededor del mundo, con distintas perspectivas acerca de apocalipsis zombie, lo mejor de este libro es la forma en que el autor visualiza plasma en la obra los acontecimientos de una guerra zombie en todo el mundo, la obra de lleva por rusia, brazil, france, afriaca y asia, un libro recomendable, lectura ligera si eres fan zombie no debes dejarlo pasar, por cierto con diferencia a la pelicula el libro nunca menciona que los zombies sean runners

Una mirada distinta al apocalipsis zombie donde lo importante no son las historias de supervivencia individuales, sino el retrato de una sociedad que se ve sacudida por una catástrofe sin precedentes.

Acerca del autor

Max Brooks is an author, public speaker, and nonresident fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point. His bestselling books include Minecraft: The Island, The Zombie Survival Guide. and World War Z, which was adapted into a 2013 movie starring Brad Pitt. His graphic novels include The Extinction Parade, G.I. Joe: Hearts & Minds, and the #1 New York Times bestseller The Harlem Hellfighters.