{"product_id":"the-rome-plague-diaries-lockdown-life-in-the-eternal-city-paperback","title":"The Rome Plague Diaries: Lockdown Life in the Eternal City - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Kneale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA warm and affectionate portrait of a city and a people under lockdown during the Covid-19 crisis, from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eRome: A History in Seven Sackings\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the first morning of Rome's Covid-19 lockdown Matthew Kneale felt an urge to connect with friends and acquaintances and began writing an email, describing where he was, what was happening and what it felt like, and sent it to everyone he could think of. He was soon composing daily reports as he tried to comprehend a period of time, when everyone's lives suddenly changed and Italy struggled against an epidemic, that was so strange, so troubling and so fascinating that he found it impossible to think about anything else. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e lived in Rome for eighteen years, Matthew has grown to know the capital and its citizens well and this collection of brilliant diary pieces connects what he has learned about the city with this extraordinary, anxious moment, revealing the Romans through the intense prism of the coronavirus crisis.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Kneale\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven novels and two works of non-fiction. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eWhore Banquets\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Somerset Maugham Award, \u003ci\u003eSweet Thames\u003c\/i\u003e won John Llewellyn Rhys, and \u003ci\u003eEnglish Passengers\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Man Booker and Miles Franklin, won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award in 2000. His latest non-fiction book, \u003ci\u003eRome: A History in Seven Sackings\u003c\/i\u003e, was a Waterstones Book of the Month. For the last two decades he has lived in Rome with his wife and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42158419214471,"sku":"9781838953034","price":18.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7dcf781b7551dc9403a342a909fd9dc8.webp?v=1733258648","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-rome-plague-diaries-lockdown-life-in-the-eternal-city-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}