The Down Days seems like it is a news report from our present day pandemic. Unfortunately, the setting in the book has much in common with our own troubled times. Shortages, PPE, stay-at-home orders, home delivery, masses of bodies, and a feeling that life is never going to return to normal are all he The Down Days is about an African epidemic of laughter that quickly turns sour when it is found to be /5(). The Down Days by Ilze Hugo. In the aftermath of a deadly outbreak—reminiscent of the mass hysteria that was the Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic—a city at the tip of Africa is losing its mind, with residents experiencing hallucinations, paranoia, and uncontrollable laughter. "The Down Days," the debut novel by South African writer, Ilze Hugo, was an excellent read. It came out in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic and it was about a localized outbreak of a virus with laughter as the main symptom with the onset of a fever/5(42).
The Down Days by Ilze Hugo In the vein of The Book of M comes a "dynamic, fast-paced debut" (Publishers Weekly) and character-driven literary apocalyptic novel that explores life, love, and loss in a post-truth society. The Down Days, the debut novel from South African writer Ilze Hugo, is set in the present, when the laughter—or "the Joke," as her characters call it—has returned as a deadly virus, and. The Down Days. by. Ilze Hugo (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · ratings · reviews. In the vein of The Book of M comes a fast-paced, character-driven literary apocalyptic novel that explores life, love, and loss in a post-truth society. In the aftermath of a deadly outbreak—reminiscent of the event of mass hysteria that.
The Book of M meets District 9 in a fast paced, character-driven literary apocalyptic novel that explores life, love, and loss in a post-truth society. "The Down Days," the debut novel by South African writer, Ilze Hugo, was an excellent read. It came out in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic and it was about a localized outbreak of a virus with laughter as the main symptom with the onset of a fever. Ilze Hugo is a South African author whose debut novel, The Down Days, is forthcoming from Skybound Books in Ilze has degrees in fine arts and English studies, along with a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town.
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