Authors present events through different lens
If you’re part of a book club, there are some titles published in the past year that might be of interest. If you’re hoping to explore events through a different
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If you’re part of a book club, there are some titles published in the past year that might be of interest. If you’re hoping to explore events through a different
Author Eric Klinenberg doesn’t just want you to recall 2020 — the pandemic with its lockdown and rising death toll, the attempt at a racial reckoning after George Floyd’s murder and the presidential election where the loser refused to accept reality — he wants you to reexamine it.
Adam Gopnik reviews “2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed,” by Eric Klinenberg, and “Fourteen Days,” a collaborative novel written by many hands, including Dave Eggers, John Grisham, Erica Jong, Celeste Ng, Ishmael Reed, and Meg Wolitzer.
It’s been a topic for decades. Some blame cars. Some blame uninviting public spaces. Maybe there are some small things communities could do that would help.
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