Exclusief kort verhaal Etgar Keret

Van 8 tot en met 10 maart zou Etgar Keret in Nederland zijn, ter promotie van zijn nieuwe verhalenbundel Mijn konijn van vaderskant. Het bezoek bestond onder meer uit twee publieksoptredens en dagen vol interviews. Door het coronavirus moest zijn komst helaas worden afgelast. Het inspireerde Etgar Keret tot het schrijven van een kort verhaal, dat wij exclusief mogen delen.

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The COVID-20 strain of the coronavirus caught everyone unprepared. It was the first bio-internet virus. Symptoms included high fever, dry cough, and uncontrollably sending red hearts over WhatsApp. It was transmitted through emojis and saliva. Ten days after the first case was confirmed, the World Health Organization outlawed the use of emojis in text messages and emails. Responses to the ban varied. Pope Jon Paul III declared at weekly mass that the decision was a difficult but inevitable one, whereas Donald Trump, who had been elected to a third term earlier that week, responded to the controversial decree by tweeting a smiling poop emoji. At that time it was not yet known that the virus could also be spread through tweets.