478 pages
Langue : français
Publié 29 août 2016 par Payot & Rivages.
Un soir d’hiver à l’Elgin Theatre de Toronto, le célèbre acteur Arthur Leander s’écroule sur scène, en pleine représentation du Roi Lear. Plus rien ne sera jamais comme avant. Dans un monde où la civilisation s’est effondrée, une troupe itinérante d’acteurs et de musiciens parcourt la région du lac Michigan et tente de préserver l’espoir en jouant du Shakespeare et du Beethoven. Ceux qui ont connu l’ancien monde l’évoquent avec nostalgie, alors que la nouvelle génération peine à se le représenter. De l’humanité ne subsistent plus que l’art et le souvenir. Peut-être l’essentiel.
a fairly good read in parts, kind of tedious in others. The character that links together all the other pivotal characters was mediocre and pathetic and so much of the book is devoted to the most banal aspects of contemporary life. I think I would rather have read the graphic novel that's at the center of the story but remains mostly undeveloped.
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.
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!
