What to Read During a Pandemic

Marta Figlerowicz, an associate professor of comparative literature and English at Yale, discusses classic works of literature about pandemics from Boccaccio's The Decameron to Camus' The Plague. Plus, she psychoanalyzes Noah's love of detective novels. Marta Figlerowicz's Pandemic Reading List The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman  Everything Flows by Vasily Grossman  Molloy by Samuel Beckett  Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett  Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez The Plague by Albert Camus  Occupation Journal by Jean Giono Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices