Plague Year
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491_9781772442144
The onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic leads to the cancellation of a renowned quartets planned performance of Schuberts Quintet in C. But the group continues to practice, in hopes of at least an eventual private performance, and in an effort to draw the musicians closer together and improve their music-making, Boris -- the groups founder and cellist -- asks each of them to keep and share diary entries, from which hell choose a daily entry as a record of the journey they are making together, and yet apart.So begins Plague Year, the latest novel by Hamilton writer Peter Abbot. Written as a series of diary entries and emails, Plague Year affords an intimate glimpse into the impact of a global pandemic at a personal level. The result is a poignant chronicle of a world-altering event as reflected in miniature in everyday life, written with grace and empathy.A sample from Chapter One ...Friday 3rd April 2020 / JENNYIm surprised that the newspaper is still being delivered. I must try to thank the newsboy - if I talk to him from this side of the front-door, surely I would be far enough away, but maybe I shouldnt give him a tip - they say that type of physical contact could transmit the virus or whatever it is - but at least I could say Thank You at arms length, surely? I wonder when he delivers the newspaper? Probably too early for me to get to the front-door, maybe I should pin a thank-you note to the screen-door? But if he stops delivery, I wouldnt really miss it - the CBC News on the radio is enough, more than enough, these days, I think! In fact, theres a lot of things that clutter ones life which, I confess, I wouldnt really miss.But what a shock when I did read the newspaper - I saw the main headline, Were in a race against time, so then I read, in the end, almost everything there - and as I say, what a shock to see how the whole COVID-19 situation, here in Hamilton, is much much more serious than I knew. That disturbed me all day on
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