Elizabeth Strout's Lucy By the Sea: a claustrophobic portrait of a terrible pandemic year
- Written by Carol Lefevre, Visiting Research Fellow, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Adelaide
Elizabeth Strout. Photo: Leonard CendamoIn her latest novel, Lucy by the Sea, Elizabeth Strout captures the bewilderment of us all at the onset of the pandemic. Her character Lucy Barton admits not only did she not see it coming, but even when she did notice the virus’s existence, she did not really believe it would ever reach New York.
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