It is this last point that Rumaan Alam explores in his newest and eerily timely novel, “Leave the World Behind”. Our front doors now mark the last frontier between the safety of the indoors and the growing danger that exists outside. While before lockdown, weekends were for entertaining friends, the mere thought of welcoming guests into our house now is akin to breaking the law. But perhaps the greatest change is the idea that homes have become a sort of bunker a protective barrier from the outside world.
From transforming our bedrooms into fitness centres to sharing the dining table as a workspace with flatmates, the lines between the living room and the office, the kitchen and the pub, have all but blurred. Since the start of lockdown, the concept of “home” has assumed many different meanings.
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