{"product_id":"the-coronavirus-chronicles-short-stories-emanating-from-the-21st-century-pandemic-paperback","title":"The Coronavirus Chronicles: Short Stories Emanating from the 21st Century Pandemic - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward A. III Novak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eConfessions of a Lapsed Altar Boy\u003c\/em\u003e comes a collection of short stories exploring the effects of pandemic on everyday lives, the frustrations that lovers and friends navigate in their searches for fairytale endings, and the impact of time and memory on our perceptions of happiness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet at the outset of a pandemic, \"The Coronavirus Sister Rules\" charts the courses of action that the four, far-flung Anderson sisters take upon learning the eldest has been hospitalized in Tokyo. The three friends in \"The Argentinian Restaurant\" have formed a decades-long, celibate love triangle challenged by thinly disguised passions and unspeakable tragedies. In \"Man Wakes Up, Discovers There is No Such Thing as Time,\" Cillian Lynch awakens after a mysterious twelve-year coma in the midst of a global contagion to discover via Zoom that he has only one friend left. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese and other stories in \u003cem\u003eThe Coronavirus Collection\u003c\/em\u003e were written between March 2020 and February 2021, when more than half a million Americans died from Covid-19. Through his stories, Ed Novak has captured eight rays of light bursting through the cracks of the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53247267930419,"sku":"9798990622029","price":23.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/tPmmgJFeoJ9798990622029.webp?v=1776299395","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-coronavirus-chronicles-short-stories-emanating-from-the-21st-century-pandemic-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}