خاطرات طاعون رم: زندگی در قرنطینه در شهر جاودان ۲۰۲۱
The Rome Plague Diaries: Lockdown Life in the Eternal City 2021

1. Cover

2. Title

3. Copyright

4. Contents

5. Introduction

6. Tuesday the 10th of March: All locked down

7. Wednesday the 11th of March: Discovering our new and smaller world: postal district 00153 Roma – and doing the virus dance

8. Thursday the 12th of March: A stroll across the river

9. Friday the 13th of March: Eccentrics, and being an honorary Roman

10. Saturday the 14th of March: Chatting with friends (at a safe social distance)

11. Monday the 16th of March: A street warmed by opera

12. Tuesday the 17th of March: Insanity in the UK

13. Wednesday the 18th of March: On the need to connect – and a recipe for pork and slow-cooked onion pasta

14. Thursday the 19th of March: Our vanished market

15. Friday the 20th of March: Growing to love the green area and sometime rubbish dump below our apartment

16. Saturday the 21st of March: All about my mother

17. Sunday the 22nd of March: Rome’s plagues past

18. Monday the 23rd of March: Making my own DIY surgical face mask

19. Tuesday the 24th of March: Scammers – and a recipe for Pasta cacio e pepe

20. Wednesday the 25th of March: About our building

21. Thursday the 26th of March: How to buy a used car in Rome

22. Friday the 27th of March: Roman love of regularity, homeless Romans and Romani Romans

23. Saturday the 28th of March: Rome: the city that globalization forgot

24. Sunday the 29th of March: A bad day at the supermarket, and getting to know our new bubble

25. Monday the 30th of March: Writing on walls

26. Tuesday the 31st of March: My family, tiny nation

27. Wednesday the 1st of April: What brought us to Rome: a film that was never made

28. Thursday the 2nd of April: In pizza we trust

29. Friday the 3rd of April: The strange story of the Tomato King

30. Sunday the 5th of April: Our local Syrian temple

31. Tuesday the 7th of April: An atheist and the Catholic Church

32. Friday the 10th of April: Breaking out and seeing Fascism

33. Saturday the 11th of April: Spring is here – and a recipe for Pasta alla vignarola

34. Sunday the 12th of April: Mysteries, conspiracies and the shooting of Sister Piera

35. Monday the 13th of April: Daring to look to the future: Rome in four seasons

36. Wednesday the 15th of April: A down day – and a recipe for comfort pasta

37. Friday the 17th of April: Is it a lie that Romans are friendly?

38. Saturday the 18th of April: Politics, populism and wickedness from the distant past

39. Tuesday the 21st of April: Rome’s worst plague of all

40. Wednesday the 22nd of April: Interior decorating and paganism

41. Thursday the 23rd of April: Are Romans really such bad drivers?

42. Friday the 24th of April: How to survive Roman red tape, and what it taught me about Brexit

43. Saturday the 25th of April: Liberation Day and Roman criminality

44. Monday the 27th of April: Is Roman cuisine really any good?

45. Wednesday the 29th of April: Rome: ideological showcase – and a recipe for Pasta all’Amatriciana

46. Thursday the 30th of April: Is there a film that truly captures Rome?

47. Saturday the 2nd of May: What do Romans think of their city’s past?

48. Sunday the 3rd of May: Was there a golden age of Rome?

49. Monday the 4th of May: Unlocked – and a recipe for Pasta fredda

50. Acknowledgements

51. A Note About the Author

52. Plates