Station Eleven
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, published by Picador in 2015, is a work of fiction that explores the aftermath of a devastating pandemic. The narrative begins with the death of a famous actor on stage in Toronto, coinciding with the arrival of a deadly virus that alters the course of civilization. Set twenty years later, the story follows Kirsten, an actress in the Travelling Symphony, as she navigates a world transformed by loss and seeks to find beauty amidst the remnants of society.
Readers will encounter themes of survival and the preservation of art as Kirsten performs Shakespeare in newly formed settlements. The book delves into the complexities of human connection and the enduring nature of culture in the face of catastrophe. With 384 pages, this edition invites readers to reflect on what is truly valuable when civilization crumbles and the lengths one might go to protect it.
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The New York Times BestsellerLonglisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2015Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 20152014 National Book Awards Finalist2015 PEN/Faulkner Award FinalistWhat was lost in the collapse: almost everything, almost everyone, but there is still such beauty.One snowy night in Toronto famous actor Arthur Leander dies on stage whilst performing the role of a lifetime. That same evening a deadly virus touches down in North America. The world will never be the same again. Twenty years later Kirsten, an actress in the Travelling Symphony, performs Shakespeare in the settlements that have grown up since the collapse. But then her newly hopeful world is threatened. If civilization was lost, what would you preserve? And how far would you go to protect it?’BEST NOVEL. The big one . . . One of the 2014 books that I did read stands above all the others: Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel . . . beautifully written, and wonderfully elegiac, a book that I will long remember, and return to.’ George R.R. Martin, author of Game of Thrones’Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven is that rare find that feels familiar and extraordinary at the same time. This is truly something special’ Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus
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