Will a better world emerge from COVID-19? Salman Rushdie says no, if previous plagues are anything to go by
Author Salman Rushdie says he’s not convinced a better world will emerge from the lessons of the pandemic. His reasoning? A book about the Great Plague of London, 1665.
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Daniel Defoe s A Journal of the Plague Year shows some things haven t changed since 1665: Rushdie
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Posted: May 26, 2021 2:26 PM ET | Last Updated: May 26
Salman Rushdie says a book about a 1665 plague suggests that as a species, we haven t grown up very much since the 17th century. (Joel Sagat/AFP via Getty Images)
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