Langue : French
Publié 28 août 2018 par Payot & Rivages.
Dans un monde où la civilisation s'est effondrée suite à une pandémie foudroyante, une troupe d'acteurs et de musiciens nomadise entre de petites communautés de survivants pour leur jouer du Shakespeare. Un répertoire qui en est venu à représenter l'espoir et l'humanité au milieu de la désolation.
Finaliste du National Book Award aux États-Unis, ce roman fera date dans l'histoire de la littérature d'anticipation.
500 000 exemplaires vendus en Amérique du Nord, 150 000 dans les îles Britanniques.
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 surprisingly "civil" story about believable characters trying to eke it out in the aftermath of a grand fall.
Made me think of Covid and The Last of us.
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!
