2020
- Author Eric Klinenberg
- Narrator Dan John Miller, Eric Klinenberg
- Publisher Random House
- Publish Date 1 January 1970
- Run Time 15 hours and 24 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Politics and government, Social impact of disasters, Society and Social Sciences, Sociology and anthropology.
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Renowned sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg turns a year of devastation into a year of revelation in this wise, deeply researched and cathartic account of the pandemic.
What unites us? What divides us? What do we value? Sociologist Eric Klinenberg had been studying what crises reveal about societies for over two decades when his home of New York became the deadliest hot spot of the global pandemic. In this book he tells the deeply reported stories of dseven ordinary people trying to survive at the epicentre of the crisis, and combines them with data gathered from around the world to provide unprecedented insights into what societies are made of, why they come together or fall apart, and how they shape our lives.
'Compellingly reveals what the pandemic laid bare about our culture, our institutions, and ourselves' Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted
'A book that's at once intimate and far-ranging, that reveals the importance of social solidarity and also its fragility' Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction
'A gripping, deeply moving account' SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE, author of The Song of the Cell
©2024 Eric Klinenberg (P)2024 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
A gripping, deeply moving account of a signal year in modern history, told through the stories of seven ordinary people trying to survive at the epicentre of the crisis. Klinenberg’s narrative shows how the legacy of that year continues to shape us, our politics and our personal lives
Elegantly written and well researched . . . filled with impressive detail
A sociological investigation of an unforgettable year, 2020 compellingly reveals what the pandemic laid bare about our culture, our institutions, and ourselves
A book that’s at once intimate and far-ranging, that reveals the importance of social solidarity and also its fragility
By bridging the gaps between individual, community and population, [Klinenberg] shows how pandemics alter society and exacerbate inequality. He follows the threads that connect the individual lived experience to the national phenomenon
| Author | Eric Klinenberg |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Dan John Miller, Eric Klinenberg |
| Duration | 15 hours and 24 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781529937664 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Genre | Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Politics and government, Social impact of disasters, Society and Social Sciences, Sociology and anthropology |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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