478 pages
français language
Published Aug. 29, 2016 by Payot & Rivages.
Un soir d’hiver à l’Elgin Theatre de Toronto, le célèbre acteur Arthur Leander s’écroule sur scène, en pleine représentation du Roi Lear. Plus rien ne sera jamais comme avant. Dans un monde où la civilisation s’est effondrée, une troupe itinérante d’acteurs et de musiciens parcourt la région du lac Michigan et tente de préserver l’espoir en jouant du Shakespeare et du Beethoven. Ceux qui ont connu l’ancien monde l’évoquent avec nostalgie, alors que la nouvelle génération peine à se le représenter. De l’humanité ne subsistent plus que l’art et le souvenir. Peut-être l’essentiel.
A book I have kept thinking of years after reading it. Great prose, plot, characters, universe - it has it all.
My favorite scenes are of Jeevan and Frank in Toronto as the pandemic is unfolding.
A book I have kept thinking of years after reading it. Great prose, plot, characters, universe - it has it all.
My favorite scenes are of Jeevan and Frank in Toronto as the pandemic is unfolding.
This was recommended to me and I went in knowing very little about it.
I found it to be a really gripping novel; hard to put down. I was really excited to see how the characters lives intersected and how they handled the trauma of the devastating pandemic.
The book tells the story of the characters at various stages of their lives ranging from many years before the pandemic, to around 20 years after. This gives a really interesting perspective on the characters, and keeps the pace of the book fast and interesting.
Highly recommended!
This was recommended to me and I went in knowing very little about it.
I found it to be a really gripping novel; hard to put down. I was really excited to see how the characters lives intersected and how they handled the trauma of the devastating pandemic.
The book tells the story of the characters at various stages of their lives ranging from many years before the pandemic, to around 20 years after. This gives a really interesting perspective on the characters, and keeps the pace of the book fast and interesting.
Highly recommended!
I've been avoiding post-apocalyptic stories lately, but this one kept my attention all the way through. It had two main pluses for me:
1) No zombies, just 99% of the world's population dying from a really bad flu.
2) Much of it was set in Toronto and southern Ontario.
I've been avoiding post-apocalyptic stories lately, but this one kept my attention all the way through. It had two main pluses for me:
1) No zombies, just 99% of the world's population dying from a really bad flu.
2) Much of it was set in Toronto and southern Ontario.
I've been avoiding post-apocalyptic stories lately, but this one kept my attention all the way through. It had two main pluses for me:
1) No zombies, just 99% of the world's population dying from a really bad flu.
2) Much of it was set in Toronto and southern Ontario.
I've been avoiding post-apocalyptic stories lately, but this one kept my attention all the way through. It had two main pluses for me:
1) No zombies, just 99% of the world's population dying from a really bad flu.
2) Much of it was set in Toronto and southern Ontario.
