Fourteen Days by Margaret Atwood
Category:Ā Fiction
Rating: 4/5
Pages: 592
About Book:
Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns,Ā Fourteen DaysĀ is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voiceāfrom Margaret Atwood and Celeste Ng to Tommy Orange and John Grisham.
OneĀ week into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in ManhattanĀ have begun to gather on the rooftop and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbors gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenantsāsome of whom have barely spoken to each otherābecome real neighbors. In thisĀ Decameron-like serial novel,Ā general editorsĀ Margaret Atwood andĀ Douglas Preston and a star-studded list of contributors create a beautiful ode to the peopleĀ whoĀ couldnātĀ escape when the pandemic hit. AĀ dazzling, heartwarming, and ultimately surprising narrative,Ā Fourteen DaysĀ reveals howĀ beneath the horrible loss and suffering, some communities managed to become stronger.
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Category:Ā Fiction
Rating: 4/5
Pages: 592
About Book:
Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns,Ā Fourteen DaysĀ is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voiceāfrom Margaret Atwood and Celeste Ng to Tommy Orange and John Grisham.
OneĀ week into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in ManhattanĀ have begun to gather on the rooftop and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbors gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenantsāsome of whom have barely spoken to each otherābecome real neighbors. In thisĀ Decameron-like serial novel,Ā general editorsĀ Margaret Atwood andĀ Douglas Preston and a star-studded list of contributors create a beautiful ode to the peopleĀ whoĀ couldnātĀ escape when the pandemic hit. AĀ dazzling, heartwarming, and ultimately surprising narrative,Ā Fourteen DaysĀ reveals howĀ beneath the horrible loss and suffering, some communities managed to become stronger.
