Leave the World Behind ( 2021)
Rumaan Alam
rating good
type fiction print
2021/01/24 An eerie blackout in NYC...
- "The world was vast but also small and governed by logic."
- "There was no way to explain that the thing about the dark is that it's rare. There's always some ambient light. There's always some contrast that helps you understand: This is dark. The prick of stars, the leak beneath the door, the glow of an appliance, something. Wasn't it its ability to assert itself, and at breakneck speed at that, light's most remarkable quality?"
- "You told yourself you'd be attuned to a holocaust unfolding a world away, but you weren't. It was immaterial, thanks to distance. People weren't that connected to one another. Terrible things happened constantly snd never prevented you from going out for ice cream or celebrating birthdays or going to the movies..."
- "You demanded answers, but the universe refused. Comfort and safety were just an illusion. Money meant nothing. All that meant anything was this—people, in the same place, together. This was what was left to them."