Station Eleven: A Novel (National Book Award Finalist) (Unabridged)
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Publisher Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity. Now an original series on HBO Max. Over one million copies sold!
Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end.
Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band’s existence. And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed.
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APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Art still has its place in the postapocalyptic world revealed in Emily St. John Mandel’s best-selling novel, which has been adapted into a TV miniseries. Two decades after an airborne virus wiped out most of the world’s population, actress Kirsten traverses the Great Lakes region as part of a wandering band of performers bringing Shakespeare and classical music to disconnected communities of survivors. St. John Mandel bounces back and forth through time, showing Kirsten’s world before and after the pandemic and painting a deeply moving portrait of just how vital creativity is to human beings. Narrator Kirsten Potter effortlessly balances the shifting narratives—we were never confused about where we were in the story. A thoughtful, non-sensationalistic treatment of life during and after a global catastrophe, Station Eleven reminds us that even in the worst-case scenario, the show must go on.
Customer Reviews
Review
Boring!! Thought it would be more exciting.
Disappointed
I don’t know where this story is going, very disjointed and meandering. Kinda disappointed, I was expecting something interesting based upon a recommendation by the podcast “Big Picture Science”.
Makes you think.
I really loved how this book captures the feeling of lose and makes you appreciate what’s truly valuable