You’re probably been pounded with enough “X in the Time of Covid” references to be happy enough to never hear one again. You may, or may not, know that the reference is to a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel titled “Love in the Time of Cholera.” which is both fairly self-explanatory, and in the way of Marquez novels, not at all explanatory.
Marquez was considered the foremost proponent of a style of writing associated with South America called magical realism. (The idea being, the story was presented realistically, with magical elements occurring, and also being presented, in a realist fashion.