Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again: Writers from Around the World on the COVID-19 Pandemic
And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again: Writers from Around the World on the COVID-19 Pandemic
And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again: Writers from Around the World on the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ebook471 pages6 hours

And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again: Writers from Around the World on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

5/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

In this rich, eye-opening, and uplifting anthology, dozens of esteemed writers, poets, artists, and translators from more than thirty countries send literary dispatches from life during the pandemic. A portion of proceeds benefit booksellers in need.

As our world is transformed by the coronavirus pandemic, writers offer a powerful antidote to the fearful confines of isolation: a window onto lives and corners of the world beyond our own. In Mauritius, a journalist contends with denialism and mourns the last days of summer, lost to the lockdown. In Paris, a writer struggles to protect his young son from fear. In Chile, protesters who prevailed against tear gas and rubber bullets are now halted by a virus. In Queens, after thirteen-hour shifts in the ER, a doctor dons running shoes and makes the long jog home.

And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again takes its title from the last line of Dante’s Inferno, when the poet and his guide emerge from hell to once again behold the beauty of the heavens. In that spirit, the stories, essays, poems, and artwork in this collection—from beloved authors including Jhumpa Lahiri, Mario Vargas Llosa, Eavan Boland, Daniel Alarcón, Jon Lee Anderson, Claire Messud, Ariel Dorfman, and many more—detail the harrowing experiences of life in the pandemic, while pointing toward a less isolated future. Together they comprise a profound global portrait of the defining moment of our time, and send a clarion call for solidarity across borders.

Our literary culture depends on bookstores—and those irreplaceable sources of conversation and community, of inspiration and solace, have been decimated by the lockdown. Net proceeds from And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again will go to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, which helps the passionate booksellers we readers depend upon.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 25, 2020
ISBN9781632063014

Read more from Ilan Stavans

Related to And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again

Related ebooks

Biography & Memoir For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5

1 rating0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again - Ilan Stavans

    Oabook_preview_excerpt.html}KǕV4O eEQ 4$G$"L5t$PC 6f=X;JsGDlkzexq~?~_|>}<6_˿.nj*Եy>?Si~M3MK0ӀƮPiuG*bJ|b8 N]_WEj~pS i/VRbuEhE5.i<i'8mm^U46ica{S7XL?[hC]粎?mÈ̫mԤ:E0_S= ލ밟b98mqwWnmj|?&P DFwBxgUpZSߓHwiiC^,885-npFWśC*Eš&vnꇸ1ZTƄу؇RUlrS챺voO. GI4bfYjPbuC*7)dHlAGš; ]A*IP 4b)@L5 kH9v@(BYpxp3۞t`?N> kôEcρ쀟1R6Eڷ]?0b|?sWPw@mj!1`&3סn&!]~D3JS(nnƒ:ƣ+x6&N|.f^x\ntMp$AݪsC1{0 88u uSHr`6V1i9_b%EYߩiҾUt* 10-OWb=BtGlJ>&U&=cszTn-b7:zQn)R(x61&)&Ejo{.ƳmǕ][i;*]躍wm}hm54Q՝pm .Ł<')&4|Px) XUmKlɧ e:R3SQBx ɾ"$wс>^)Fq n{D1TEyKe-ڐ ְ?p'Jn2|bHAׁ7Gi\áy2∽1{ph}*o#NJ'Ԛ-]w{K;(.ۅ )PzcDo< #/!l'!O*NTcwy%K=hQ諸N$3CmO0{xiu8Y }yn`>2kQQIf%^ ˈgXOM'FcA 5 W5Lt50RiɆL´< s?̼HѕcwO6VjH7nBrKsH|B!njVr݀,\I.'d;`qjoPO>_f &wod@_/%N1,f z:fːD+* ,`v8<*HY) }AqA=35N \ ˜& @Hn(11̀z \42?ᰱ>d3nv_WDjHo}ho[&A `.nG3jl,;T$ )tg1\.kgex!;na WX85+ ljr֎/*2L۶qjn˳'aZ 9a*כ C{#dXX@ty×w<& &@yLYM8BYv @;Oigˉ5]4'|-Cjr7nY]`͍oD\Hka GfdlJ8ƗNKw+4DA:]2ѡEu $YɋאhRvyGa&,&!'5J]-:F Njow|ـ쏭 bp 7pt ^;3HpaL&.рqQh{COCt:K3V򿱢`贚 ؋_ݙ/_bܕE5CCi{y0`;1/!8+4fXoĆnfY JF(8 aB|+Y.3-v#I I6}3ny~4wx_:ܡ;F0i͎o4_NBN@=nd9pA``+: > qc$JBL(Hx@1S6 R i`'# X?J~S,8>YH_cl5_UZX 2+A,ZHbt#7 `~\Cw|e]"<_7&C"5): C0*CF0Cf|4H}OwS9nϧu`[h৖6<0E<31&_˼pZ)yÂk xCunS Tq =Ǡ;Y՝|Q^Q]c |b?݁Q6hIucDTlʤMPj][daXȑw3̨&Zd䐮~2T>Rӓ@E,"6ik[\Ő<=P"hws 1 8- 5=xV48Z²dg^j/y:9#o 6Svǐ2׵U4h{(H$umqzkjgxvEB3v3{A37$)vx\J=tciT%m&K ))+u-:LT4%BBjOňE:SRCд ok:\Ro0c-Ŕ2}@ =DMȇh6^ԥuw}]kj,Q86BS9a|L9Nr'cM_ ak*0D`CM{p;L=[xr(iIWc;LRmR`*tzwSb+EFaa*-ji{5j7tab+U7E ^$ESjUEQ-um}% J31X4{ CsVrQ7[x|ۮuJm/j8YfRQHݫ)#>UzCu}Nvb =F/ԛݞRAcEHB_@vpzs:EWB;5e+Qo'GP#YP&G,a`A_ar1spOn٢΂ޠ/eۍ#c\ ܊=*~0JB+7m:CS;E٩U8*MdrC ӝI+=81*<4s,CXM}A[?'e0&C1߱%PO<8 6qYWQQQjIIn^LAK+Ԇ!COgj03CX"tU&Ty53ݪj19!|s1 &_wE~ka/U6 s=oxh\?aafLQ<\JQ8 J(Էs@s1lxOs>549_-2fיkw&ɚ3e75_wtc惵2)$y& */ J;TX(t 1`1HCB4$4Z|aDngjgYU0h1ΰnҾ8}a/8/]D/sY݋J m|č^IQ" }g~⃫{~#dDR }0NYN g54GTTaBr$yya< 0O6Zgt0#=u=/Ľ_C$hvbIH Ip"Ĕ?YbZYVY(h>0P^ B:bPn1nPi}6fe}D_}!yڵ8Ay0dY0< pTK=ISK~s0lqSj;iݣYm<$Q, +{Yׄ!gsJע#.d*Üyeiq$*VHۙr K Bs-fg˺ >`Okh,ϟZm3(CN +Iw̛8-Fy )B sۘ!RmE{Ē<,QpKߺ ƌ3`*ƃ0*frYӐ12NT  ~L ʹǷ9zͥ\/;3\B^#'Co"-2toFABdL^0Egbv++Y-㶳ɏ vD9F蓟xdg:.E[2){J^<5/()M׸?m91U0hHD,S׷V5KW7 Uz X앋@ :9dXImT+% b LhVAoi 2]g'V!_F+״F/UK:&eeڷ2 \ eؐD& 䵕/ƊhO9u>M3^UЌ1dsĤΣwS9Qm_x\o2f!}s"/4cUiybNC:+*1{87t$Dʁ 9X`/q챝aVm\Gĸ26g ءx!1*FK]Nϰ #̩DQbS]@>d 5-0&4Ӭ J - EH%!o>8k5c8 T*^2yz(Cok^ $ #.;=,k[Ra!ߎ@TV)|)ɓ+;õvfnHjIę\:GBSI'2DP%k@k8YwJjԡB|>mx*TY=7QFj]j*gȗɍь o0vTwv VgF@G,K=ʥ'9M [%x]̟tn>|#$,2] wBCz;TJeq`_;'e-TYfXL_Ѯ#jf~:(dD-W|5R Z|aN!6?OUI~[Jڨ|$:`x/)\S42UqօM)3oθ{J O7&fx9.ȞZoZw`n=LR庭ag{%֒l8brc$ YsJp; [-dA4ÿW/[8\Nu-h%b 2=;݁)1]|k (N]?O, h(;ůϭg%$dY>C.=A Z.$pT&_::niEr)kzG%"[1f;_˧!uYԳ|¤Dܯ za81}#[B4Q]ϫ @Ӱoԅ>]]bau x&Tph+@{}?}܀Xqmx; :ֿJz0_w뮮y?5gH%siyW|24o<|1 }yZu}O>meL>fV]ޢayn^u`pbKq7=}Ep٫>9\ĭc&֧2"ϋ8؉𹂥e g^?{!FA-̯B]p~fR;'ԴU5+8ւ" JAi2~1Z:n\j>AkQ`/ƙ ﯂+#u\ƹ\ F]1@hAI<!0RS=v[dףt!5P5dznoc/`媦=Xx}+-UF7Gݐ"4EH:Z捒]W=( c9 Ӹs,Q8KZPs%5 7SQַga'k$Agz2oLFB6fAuѫ^J tѭ=mKljX7]MKܲ8jrD'D1&wk&$ֹ!lGk(F9^,u0RdZhiy{.X^V:KQE{W]S@J *҂w8*!{7Y)ć؈ʪ>0s6NU7)ts"ߖd/px .N h]}qkaGۻo)7oSd룚l^ª1s%BOѻ2fĩ̓LRkL~iXϧI;rCڦ+H9&nABUߊNѫp;c\m b|R?Tp2A>0uX'P#h[l`͝H[>xz/zCNYE`{yCKo$t72)z6_v9KKX;6m풺c,2.9d>?pFdTHaęc` 49bei%tFqH0tʬ#6c5\-pz_:bviاzHkm0aȬTEZbT2ʩϡxX7*,[z ɋf yjEZ^cT6ȳ뷢Pc s.]爂Fb^lZJr!mżl Q̝W)iJh5"N~Kݎ)|S[h9hq+S8Mk${4ˋXH2*ldFc;+6Z9Vʞ{=+LTݗϛ`V )6}=EZ"k>NtgnBA4niwlWqnݨTa7<3+ ݷ{WEJ#r f]I.r?Oecr?b|ū`DK+gO̘1)Xak%weʒGF&!>Xus@s)߁{xoۿ@ )c*͞w燼N*#>ecFT5TFw|7wa%$ctns{j(ɚN=*b'n^修jRROV_UlYm+fyFK}bUV.)ru+Nczf$RJX>,o5vd~E" 2/^&"F 儙rK/BQcC}E2'P3ȯsOBuq^1!OFRmqfdceU~,nV\»w@8\'M K8>apBy:&*.R?˻[z.U%)֪Ԉ15 ,AQR8ux^O`@ЕeBRo[gmڝj^aE7P?z'kѕKګ$Yc4.L"Tj!q˷DۋtNMfޝ ʗOB]LXG&X2 &Bp\QmVS` icjMd:נfnԽ.ӱtGHS"lj{ZE-.6l&Kn!`v1oXSmUa`_P5߯:o1M#1"{#K&hUqZJ# ]Fd#YU'vB3D5TGe,n9:< uT{!'xkR*,.Z󪳶sj|ecna k Y9 λuÞ*ћMW>i\`ٍ*;Zɐۨie7ٰ:2*lżY ` 4Y:CE cM,cgEj/E]ی68{⳸eO+V%]g w,43~%< m,*ٟeҒA.C[~ W1qߦqFm Urc mTl@7E Y33RCCk5HOj1E퍦N=2K= oXTA촴ĤrfOpnLʪI` /h=~ZVsz Ts:(Wf4 }B˚nt aGӾW]^ q Gc +}?Ȣܬ9L5@*{ ^T7eDO,`Ra~B_ͽi`$b5'ߙ܋eʁo뀍oSl^*Un@!s{G;X,;2Tq *Qpj/.D8Xm.Wv<0#Jғ Kw9w!OAfc |͇N& D,Z{`Z )b?_WA<#-^YJqFTϟ**z; ŻL_foV7>2Cvny"ӏ7L> !_v[Sh SXx{{K+ͨ6+Io=;{>&jK U7z ,HZBIfVN|dKl 'WmAq5S-3Qًe17@Hy%Yůd3X*p  lHa87;k6>_g K8UZxrnDHBի_:Y&^dil诓Sf' R^xC9ԁXG4Fz \ bIfG|:('or r^OzM XaW =Kkߨ u"kOIeД'm-/ȄDecZWwϕBL9~aL\ /hv8闯SX0W)o}O|n.`52\uqU?u'|
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1