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Epidemic
‘A WRITER WHO CLEARLY REVELS IN THE CHAOS AND JOY OF LIFE WITH OPEN POSSIBILITIES.’ -DAWN ‘A NATURAL STORYTELLER.’ -THE SUNDAY GUARDIAN About the Book: Bombay is suffering from a severe gastric epidemic of inexplicable origins. A young freelance caregiver, Nikunj, discovers that he has the superpower to make anyone
‘When the pandemic finally arrived, no one could quite believe it,’ is how the new preface to science journalist Sonia Shah’s 2016 book Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, From Cholera to Coronaviruses and Beyond opens. For Shah, the most striking aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic is how it was eerily familiar. Interweaving
“A superbly written account of how we got here and what might await us.” –The Economist A finalist for the 2017 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in science andNew York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, science journalist Sonia Shah’s 2016 work Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Coronaviruses and Beyond
Now officially a pandemic, COVID-19 is here and spreading fast! For those of you trying to frighten yourselves further, watch Contagion; it hits close to home. On that note, doesn’t the coronavirus outbreak feel like something out of a sci-fi novel? For readers who simply want to feel a little