The Rome Plague Diaries
a writer and his city in the pandemic
$38.87
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
16 May 2022
Summary
On the first morning of Rome’s Covid-19 lockdown, Matthew Kneale felt an urge to connect with friends and acquaintances. He began writing an email, describing his location, the unfolding events, and his feelings, sending it to everyone he could think of. Soon, he was composing daily reports as he tried to comprehend a period when everyone’s lives suddenly changed and Italy struggled against an epidemic. This time was so strange, troubling, and fascinating that he found it impossible to think …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781838953034 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1838953035 |
| Author: | Matthew Kneale |
| Publisher: | Atlantic Books |
| Imprint: | Atlantic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 16 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 290g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 21mm |
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The novelist Matthew Kneale has lived in Rome for 18 years and his response to the news of Italy’s first Covid lockdown was to unburden himself by writing a long email to family, friends and even people he’d lost touch with years ago… Collected here, his wry and questioning meanderings lace an ordeal with charm. * New Statesman *Fascinating… It’s a book to delight anyone with an interest in European culture. * NB Magazine *Joie de vivre radiates from every page. * Strong Words Magazine *An unflinching look at the Italian capital during its shutdown last year. * Monocle *
About The Author
Matthew Kneale
Matthew Kneale is the author of seven novels and two works of non-fiction. His debut novel, Whore Banquets, won the Somerset Maugham Award, Sweet Thames won John Llewellyn Rhys, and English Passengers, shortlisted for the Man Booker and Miles Franklin, won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award in 2000. His latest non-fiction book, Rome: A History in Seven Sackings, was a Waterstones Book of the Month. For the last fifteen years he has lived in Rome with his wife and two children.
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