Plague Poems

Name: Plague Poems
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SKU: 9781877484988
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By Brian Flaherty

Brief Description

Reflections on the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, through a re-reading of Albert Camus' great novel La Peste (1947). Just before midnight on 25 March 2020 the country entered its first Covid lockdown, and for seven weeks in the great stillness of the deserted town... Read More

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Plague Poems

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Description

Reflections on the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, through a re-reading of Albert Camus' great novel La Peste (1947).

Just before midnight on 25 March 2020 the country entered its first Covid lockdown, and for seven weeks in the great stillness of the deserted town the pandemic was everyone's business. On the first morning, Brian Flaherty pulled Albert Camus' La Peste from the bookshelf and started a daily routine: to read five pages, sample and shape into a poem that echoed our situation, and emailed to a friend.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781877484988

Publisher: Little Island Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 February 2024

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Little Island Press

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 102.0mm

Height: 178.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 58

Collections

Biography & Memoir Brian Flaherty Education & Reference General Fiction New Zealand and Australia Published New Zealand Biographies New Zealand Non-Fiction New Zealand Published Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Brian Flaherty is a poet librarian. He is co-founder of the New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre with Michele Leggott, and was co-editor of the poetry journal Trout. Poems have appeared in Turbine, Best NZ Poems, Blackmail Press, Ika, Ka Mate Ka Ora, and Trout. Recordings of some of his poetry are online at Six Pack Sound.