After months of isolation, Isherwood “Ish” Williams learns that most of the world has fallen ill with a mysterious disease. Yet despite his instincts to isolate himself further, Ish leads an expedition to develop a new civilization.
The novel was written in the late 1940s, after the end of World War II
Stewart. Referenced in the Korman Productions Deep Dive podcast: Earth Abides on MGM+ Deep Dive, Episode 1 “Alone”; with Dave and Stacie (2024).
The version on my shelf has a copyright of 1947, but Wikipedia says 1949
The impact of this story is that 80 years ago someone was writing about a global pandemic and its ultimate impact on people. Ish represents the reader, someone who didn’t have to watch people die, watch the news, feel hopeless and defeated.
This is very much in keeping with the Ozymandias poem
Those he meets represent the ways in which people can cope with these enormous losses. The fragility of man and the bravado of humanity in its achievements.
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