It's the original Jane Austen text, except parts have been added or modified so that there are zombies wandering all over England, with the Bennet sisters being the most accomplished, ruthless killers of the undead in their parish. You must read it. If you think Austen is boring, there is now violent zombie action to hold your interest. If you love the original book, the zombies actually manage the highlight how funny the original text is.
Among certain crowds this has caused an uproar, with some people call this sacrilege. Austen's new...er...co-author has taken on one of the towering giants of western literature. People love that book, don't you remember the BBC adaption? Or Kiera Knightly's? People love her!
Should we modify a text that's achieved a sort of sanctity nowadays? Maybe it's because this take suggests that the book is boring. Having read the original, I can say I respect it and enjoyed parts of it, but wouldn't take it up again. With zombies, though, it's much more entertaining.
Right on the heels of this book is JD Salinger suing a man for writer a sequel to A Catcher in the Rye. But this is a different situation. For one, copyright laws have expired on Austen. You can do whatever you want with her works, legally speaking. Two, this isn't an attack or a joke, it's kind of a remix. Like I said, having one of the most pulp symbols of our current lives casts the satire and (dare I say it) pop culture crush Jane Austen had into light. She didn't write about people, but artifacts of her culture. In a way, the original novel is camp for the 19th century, just done really well.
So go read it.
1 comment:
Hey I just read that book about a month ago! It's so funny and awesome in a really weird way. Why is it that when one of us brings up a book, half the time, the other one has already read it? By the way, batman is sweet
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