Warm Bodies
Kevin Kenerly
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Description
R is a young man with an existential crisis--he is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he has dreams. His ability to connect with the outside world is limited to a few grunted syllables, but his inner life is deep, full of wonder and longing. After experiencing a teenage boy's memories while consuming his brain, R makes an unexpected choice that begins a tense, awkward, and strangely sweet relationship with the victim's human girlfriend, Julie.
Julie is a blast of color in the otherwise dreary and gray landscape that surrounds R. His choice to protect her will transform not only R but his fellow Dead and perhaps their whole lifeless world. Scary, funny, and surprisingly poignant, Warm Bodies explores what happens when the cold heart of a zombie is tempted by the warmth of human love.
Product Details
| Publisher | Blackstone Audiobooks |
| Publish Date | May 17, 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  CD-Audio |
| EAN/UPC | 9781441788764 |
| Dimensions | 6.2 X 6.4 X 1.2 inches | 0.4 pounds |
About the Author
Isaac Marion grew up in the mossy depths of the Pacific Northwest. He began writing in high school and self-published three novels before finally breaking through with Warm Bodies which became a #5 New York Times bestseller and inspired a major Hollywood film adaptation. He lives in Seattle, WA with his cat.
Kevin Kenerly, an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator, earned a BA degree at Olivet College. A longtime member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, he has acted in fifteen seasons, playing dozens of roles.
Reviews
"Warm Bodies is a strange and unexpected treat. This is a wonderful book, elegantly written, touching, and fun."
-- "Audrey Niffenegger, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Time Traveler's Wife""Warm Bodies is a terrific book--a compelling literary fantasy which is also a strange and affecting pop-culture parable."
-- "Nick Haraway, author of The Gone-Away World""Warm Bodies is a terrific zombook. Snuggle up to it with the lights low and enjoy a dead-lightful combination of horror and romance."
-- "Examiner.com""A jubilant story about two star-crossed lovers, one of them dead and hungry for more than love."
-- "Kirkus Reviews""A mesmerizing evolution of a classic contemporary myth."
-- "Simon Pegg, actor, Shaun of the Dead""Both tender and lacerating, this zombie novel has more to say about being alive than being dead. 'Love' is not a strong enough word for my feelings about this book."
-- "Maggie Stiefvater, author of the Shiver trilogy""Enormous fun."
-- "Marie Claire (UK)""I never thought I could care so passionately for a zombie. This story stayed with me long after I was done reading it."
-- "Stephenie Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Twilight series ""Isaac Marion has a great new voice that hooks you from page one and accomplishes the impossible: it makes you care about zombie love. Warm Bodies is a terrific read"
-- "Josh Bazell, New York Times bestselling author of Beat the Reaper""Marion is a disarming writer, ruefully humorous, knowingly cinematic in scope. This is a slacker-zombie novel with a heart."
-- "Guardian (UK)""Narrator Kevin Kenerly is wonderful as the witty hero, R...With a tender love story at its heart, Isaac Marion's refreshing, brainy novel might be retitled Romeo and Juliet with Zombies. Kevin Kenerly's performance will win your heart."
-- "AudioFile""R does possess a certain winsome charm and the upbeat ending will warm many hearts."
-- "Publishers Weekly"Has there been a more sympathetic monster since Frankenstein's?
-- "Financial Times (London) "The words Marion uses to describe his grim near-future are silken smooth. They slip through the mind's grasp easily, pleasurably, leaving hardly a hint of themselves in the images they evoke.
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