'Warm Bodies' by Isaac Marion

In Warm Bodies, Isaac Marion’s New York Times bestselling novel that inspired a major film, a zombie returns to humanity through an unlikely encounter with love.

“R” is having a no-life crisis–he is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he is a little different from his fellow Dead. He may occasionally eat people, but he’d rather be riding abandoned airport escalators, listening to Sinatra in the cozy 747 he calls home, or collecting souvenirs from the ruins of civilization.

And then he meets a girl.

First as his captive, then his reluctant house guest, Julie is a blast of living color in R’s gray landscape, and something inside him begins to bloom. He doesn’t want to eat this girl–although she looks delicious–he wants to protect her. But their unlikely bond will cause ripples they can’t imagine, and their hopeless world won’t change without a fight.

The Folger Shakespeare Library’s collection explores not only Shakespeare’s life and works, but also the plays’ historical context, source material, critical and performance histories, and the ways in which they inspire and are adapted by contemporary novelists.

Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s most enduring—and adaptable—plays. Marion’s novel sets the tale within a zombie dystopia, leading to a fun, irreverent horror version of the classic story of star-crossed lovers, demonstrating the creativity that can be brought to reinterpreting Shakespeare’s work. Plus, it’s a great read for Halloween!

Isaac Marion’s debut novel, Warm Bodies become a New York Times Bestseller, inspired a major film, and was translated into 25 languages. He spent the next eight years writing the rest of that story over the course of four books, now concluded with The Living. He currently lives alone with his cat in a shed in the eastern Washington wilderness, battling rattlesnakes and preparing to release his new novel, The Overnoise.

This month, we are excited to partner again with Bridge Street Books, a neighborhood bookstore with an international reputation.

Occupying a brick townhouse on Pennsylvania Ave for 40 years, Bridge Street Books stocks a wide selection of trade, university, and small press publications. They’ve got your bestsellers too! Learn more at bridgestreetbooks.com. The storefront is open from 11AM-9PM Mon-Sat and 12-9PM Sunday.  You can also order directly at https://bookshop.org/shop/bridgestreetbooks, or download the audiobook version of this title from https://libro.fm/bridgestreetbooks.

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