Colson Whitehead
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
259 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Mark Spitz and his squad of three "sweepers" move through Zone One of lower Manhattan, a walled-off enclave scheduled for resettlement in the aftermath of a zombie plague. The great masses of the undead have been violently dispatched by a Marine detachment. It falls to Spitz and his fellows to take care of the handful that remain, as well as a second-tier of the infected known as "stragglers": zombies who have bypassed the cannibalistic urges of their...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 20 cm
Description
"In THE NOBLE HUSTLE Colson Whitehead does for participatory journalism what he did for zombie novels in ZONE ONE: Take one literary genius, add $10,000 and a seat at the World Series of Poker, and stir. On one level, Colson Whitehead's THE NOBLE HUSTLE is a familiar species of participatory journalism - a longtime neighborhood poker player, Colson was given a $10,000 stake and an assignment from the online ESPN offshoot Grantland to see how far he...
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
4 Blu-rays (585 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A monumental reimagining of American history, Barry Jenkins2s adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize6winning 2016 novel is a harrowing and rhapsodic journey through a still-echoing past. Weaving together historical fiction with moments of magical realism, The Underground Railroad is a full sensory immersion into the world of Cora, who, fleeing slavery, embarks on a treacherous quest for freedom and is menaced by violence, supported by a clandestine...