Echoes of Isolation – Stories from the Corona Era
A book about isolation during the COVID era. Small stories through which the reader can experience different aspects of the pandemic.
Written by: Sami Kalliokoski
ISBN 978-952-5111-11-1
Back cover
When the world stopped, life went on – behind screens, on balconies, in letters, and in silence.
Echoes of Isolation gathers beautiful, painful, and hopeful moments from the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. This short story collection gives a voice to people seeking connection, meaning, and each other amid extraordinary circumstances – lovers, the lonely, the elderly, the young, caregivers, and restaurateurs.
Sami Kalliokoski's touching stories remind us that the greatest emotions are born from the smallest moments. Whether it's a first remote meeting, a widow dancing on her balcony, or a love letter written in quarantine, these stories are echoes of a time that changed us.
Perhaps you will find yourself in these stories too.
Table of Contents
- Echoes of Isolation – Stories from the Corona Era
- The First Remote Meeting
- Love Letters in Quarantine
- Ghost Dates
- Balcony Dance
- The Restaurateur's Last Wine
- Underground Parties
- My Last Client
- In the Shadows of Home Care
- Champion of a Closed World
- Pandemic Shopping
- The Door That Must Not Be Opened
- School Lunch to Your Door
- In the Shadow of Joint Custody
- The Mask Exchange Encounter
- Into the Depths of Conspiracy
- The Silence of the Nursing Home
- Quiet Shift
- Remote Yoga and Existential Crisis
- The Final Hug
- Afterword
- About the Author
- Acknowledgements
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