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    A "Night of the Living Dead" With Colson Whitehead | Zone One

    A "Night of the Living Dead" With Colson Whitehead | Zone One

    Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library

    October 31, 2011


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    Colson Whitehead’s multilayered second novel, John Henry Days, was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist, a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist and a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. In reviewing the novel for the New York Times, Jonathan Franzen wrote: “Again and again, you hit passages of wry and largehearted descriptive prose that are the clearest measure of Whitehead’s achievement and promise as a writer.” In his quirky and imaginative books, including his PEN/Faulkner finalist Sag Harbor, he explores history and legend, reinvention and growth, and racial and class identity. Whitehead’s newest novel Zone One is a post-apocalyptic zombie venture that unravels in Manhattan. He will introduce a screening of Night of the Living Dead. Costumed characters welcome!


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        Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library

        1901 Vine Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19103

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        FREE!

        Info Phone: 215-567-4341

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        October 31, 2011

        Times:

        6 pm


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