Nomadland (book)

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century is a 2017 work of non-fiction by Jessica Bruder.[1][2]

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
AuthorJessica Bruder
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherW.W. Norton & Company
Publication date
September 2017
AwardsBarnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award
ISBN978-0-393-24931-6
OCLC1010740024

The book explores a phenomenon of older American workers traveling the country like "nomads", campers in tow, in search of employment. Many were adversely affected by the Great Recession.[2]

Named a New York Times Notable Book,[3] it won a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award[4] and was a finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Prize[5] and the Helen Bernstein Book Award.[6] It was also the subject of a short documentary, CamperForce, which Bruder produced in collaboration with director Brett Story and executive producer Laura Poitras for Field of Vision.[7]

In February 2019, Fox Searchlight Pictures announced that Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century had been optioned by Frances McDormand and Peter Spears for a film, also to be called Nomadland. David Strathairn, Linda May and Charlene Swankie have joined McDormand in the cast, with Chloé Zhao directing from a screenplay she wrote based on the book.[8]

References
  1. "Jessica Bruder | School of Journalism". journalism.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  2. Hochschild, Arlie Russell (2017-11-17). "In 'Nomadland,' the Golden Years Are the Wander Years". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  3. "100 Notable Books of 2017". The New York Times. 2017-11-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  4. "Barnes & Noble Announces the Winners of the 27th Annual Discover Awards". Barnes & Noble Inc. 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  5. "Announcing the 2018 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards Winners and Finalists | School of Journalism". journalism.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  6. "The Bernstein Awards 2018: Meet the Finalists". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  7. Dorn, Lori (2017-12-21). "CamperForce, A Sobering Film About Amazon's Recruiting of Retired RV'ers for Seasonal Positions". Laughing Squid. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  8. N'Duka, Amanda (2019-02-12). "Chloé Zhao's 'Nomadland' Starring Frances McDormand Lands At Fox Searchlight". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
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