The Town Slowly Empties: On Life and Culture during Lockdown

The Town Slowly Empties: On Life and Culture during Lockdown

Author
Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee
Publisher
Headpress
Language
English
Year
2020
Page
214
ISBN
9781909394759,9781909394766
File Type
epub
File Size
240.5 KiB

How does one record an extraordinary time? Confined to his Delhi apartment, Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee unravels the intimate paradoxes of life he encounters in the first weeks of a global pandemic. His stories about local fish sellers, gardeners, barbers and lovers merge with his concerns for the exodus of migrant labourers, the challenges faced by health workers, and a mother braving checkposts to bring her son home.
Drawing inspiration from contemporary literature and cinema, The Town Slowly Empties is a unique window on a world desperate for love, care and hope. Manash is our Everyman, urging us to slow down and mend our broken ties with nature.
Written with rare candour and elegance, this meditative book is a compelling account of the human condition that soars high above the empty streets.
Foreword by Sasha Dugdale.

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