The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic

by The New York Times

Book Overview

A stunning collection of new short stories originally commissioned by The New York Times Magazine as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, from twenty-nine authors including Margaret Atwood, Tommy Orange, Edwidge Danticat, and more, in a project inspired by Boccaccio's "The Decameron."

When reality is surreal, only fiction can make sense of it.

In 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio wrote "The Decameron" one hundred nested...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1982170794
• ISBN13: 9781982170790
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.0" x 7.6"