The author of 'World War Z' talks about the coronavirus

Streams He made a video in recent days where he appears accompanied by his father, the comedian Mel Brooks. Together they talk about the importance of following the instructions of the health authorities, keeping a distance from our colleagues and adopting strict hygiene habits. Later, he decided to talk about World War Z and its similarities with the pandemic coronavirus.

In the first place, the writer said that he is not a doctor, but he has done a lot of research on pandemics and these types of phenomena throughout the history of man. After collecting a lot of data, he felt ready to write a paper like World War Z, whose plot is about a virus that infects the world population in a dizzying way. Although the story goes much further by involving a mutation of man to "undead", many people say it was a prognosis.

I am not a prophet, nor a fortune teller, assures the author, despite everything, he affirmed that his vision changed when he entered the nature of the pandemics. Brooks commented that history indicates that these types of phenomena appear periodically, which is why humanity seems doomed to face health crises of this magnitude.

“What is happening now is not so much a matter of prediction, but a repeating story (…) I didn't set out to predict anything about the coronavirus when I wrote World War Z. I was just basing myself on history. My research of past pests dictated how my fictional zombie virus would spread (…) Unfortunately, as a history student, I have learned that history tends to repeat itself. So here we are again ”, he clarified.

In short, he accepted that he is sad about the reality facing the world. Unlike works of fiction, uncertainty hits society deeply. He noted that despite all the isolation measures and hygiene recommendations, no one can say for sure when the health crisis caused by the COVID-19.

World war z, the novel

During the emergency unleashed by the coronavirus, the novel World War Z: An Oral History of Zombie Warfare ranks as one of the most sought after books. Make no mistake, this is an apocalyptic horror novel released in 2006.

Brooks's style of narration and the structure of the novel lead us to believe that this is a real situation. It is based on a series of interviews narrated by an agent of the United Nations Postwar Commission. At the same time, it collects testimonies about the desperate fight against an unknown virus that generated profound political, religious and environmental changes.

The novel became a commercial success, with critics praising Brooks's innovative approach to dealing with a widely abused topic in the entertainment industry.