Chronicle of a plague
It was inevitable that one of the consequences of Covid-19 would be an attempt by fiction writers to cope, understand and share by way of their craft. Aware of this, the New York Times Magazine has created an anthology with the aim of offering “perspective and solace” to readers.
As the title, indicates, the project also establishes a link with Giovanni Boccaccio’s , completed in 1353: 100 stories that Boccaccio imagines being told by a group of young people waiting out the Black Death – a plague that killed more than 25 million people – in a villa outside Florence. History can usually provide a parallel to contemporary events.
