The Plague Year. America in the Time of Covid (Wright Lawrence) ; Penguin, 2023
от 2551 р. до 2790 р.
Автор(ы): Wright Lawrence;
Издатель: Penguin
EAN: 9780141998138
ISBN: 9780141998138
ID: SKU1192938
Добавлено: 03.04.2023
Сравнить цены
Цена от 2551 р. до 2790 р. в 3 магазинах
Магазин | Цена | Наличие |
---|---|---|
Лабиринт 5/5 | 2790 р. 3985 р. | |
Яндекс.Маркет 5/5 | 3669 р. | наличие уточняйте 19.06.2024 |
МАЙШОП 5/5 | 2551 р. 3924 р. | |
Читай-город 5/5 | ||
Описание
Just as Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower became the defining account of our century's first devastating event, 9/11, so The Plague Year will become the defining account of the second.
The story starts with the initial moments of Covid's appearance in Wuhan and ends with Joseph Biden's inauguration in an America ravaged by well over 400,000 deaths - a mortality already some ten times worse than US combat deaths in the entire Vietnam War.
This is an anguished, furious memorial to a year in which all of America's great strengths - its scientific knowledge, its great civic and intellectual institutions, its spirit of voluntarism and community - were brought low, not by a terrifying new illness alone, but by political incompetence and cynicism on a scale for which there has been no precedent.
With insight, sympathy, clarity and rage, The Plague Year allows the reader to see the unfolding of this great tragedy, talking with individuals on the front line, bringing together many moving and surprising stories and painting a devastating picture of a country literally and fatally misled.
The story starts with the initial moments of Covid's appearance in Wuhan and ends with Joseph Biden's inauguration in an America ravaged by well over 400,000 deaths - a mortality already some ten times worse than US combat deaths in the entire Vietnam War.
This is an anguished, furious memorial to a year in which all of America's great strengths - its scientific knowledge, its great civic and intellectual institutions, its spirit of voluntarism and community - were brought low, not by a terrifying new illness alone, but by political incompetence and cynicism on a scale for which there has been no precedent.
With insight, sympathy, clarity and rage, The Plague Year allows the reader to see the unfolding of this great tragedy, talking with individuals on the front line, bringing together many moving and surprising stories and painting a devastating picture of a country literally and fatally misled.
Смотри также Характеристики.
Яндекс.Маркет
О книге
ISBN | 9780141998138 |
Автор(ы) | Wright Lawrence |
Обложка | мягкая обложка |
Издатель | Penguin |
Год издания | 2023 |
Кол-во страниц | 416 |
Книги на английском языке - издательство "Penguin"
Категория 2040 р. - 3061 р.
Книги на английском языке - издательство "Penguin" »
Книги на английском языке
Категория 2040 р. - 3061 р.