Preexisting Conditions: Recounting the Plague

by Samuel Weber

Book Overview

A stunning philosophical and literary account of canonical plague tales

Many are the losses suffered and lives lost during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2020, writers around the globe have penned essays and books that make sense of this medical and public health catastrophe. But few have addressed a pressing question that precedes and is the foundation of their writings: How does the very act of narrating the pandemic offer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1942130767
• ISBN13: 9781942130765
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Zone Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"