Stephen King expects the outbreak to leave a lasting impression on the current generation, the same way that the Great Depression scarred his mother.
A flu-like pandemic has spread across the globe, killing tens of thousands, overrunning hospitals and turning iconic tourist destinations like Times Square and St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City into ghost towns.
King addressed the parallels between his fictional plague and this real one in a recent NPR interview. “There was never any question that in our society, where travel is a staple of daily life, that sooner or later, there was going to be a virus that was going to communicate to the public at large,” he said.
So how is the prolific author of more than 60 books and 200-plus short stories staying sane during his coronavirus confinement — as opposed to suffering cabin fever like Jack Torrance in one of his other most famous works, “The Shining”? By writing, of course.
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