Stephen King announced the transformation of the world into his post-apocalyptic novel

Stephen King announced the transformation of the world into his post-apocalyptic novel
Stephen King announced the transformation of the world into his post-apocalyptic novel
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American writer Stephen King stated that people feel like they are in one of his horror novels. He spoke about this in an interview with NPR.

According to him, fans feel as if the world has turned into one of his books about the pandemic. “And my only answer to them is:“I’m sorry,”the writer noted. He added that he was careful not to compare the coronavirus to the "superflu" described in his 1978 post-apocalyptic novel Confrontation. King expressed confidence that the pandemic "had to happen."

At the same time, the writer shared that he spends time on self-isolation with benefit, devoting a lot of time to the new book. In his opinion, writing is a good way to get rid of fear.

Earlier, the Russians chose books for reading in quarantine. In the next few weeks, they plan to read Stephen King's works, Boris Akunin's novels, Ayn Rand's dystopia Atlas Shrugged, War and Peace and Anna Karenina by Lev Tolstoy, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.

According to Johns Hopkins University on April 13, there are more than 1.84 million people infected with coronavirus in the world, of which 113 thousand have died, about 421 thousand have been cured. The largest number of infected are in the United States (550 thousand), Spain (166 thousand), Italy (156 thousand), France (133 thousand) and Germany (127 thousand).

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