Station Eleven
A pandemic ends civilization, and scattered survivors are linked by one actor, one comic, and a troupe preserving art.
First published 2014
Science FictionDystopia
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Story
A famous actor collapses on stage during a performance of King Lear on the same night a fast-moving flu pandemic begins to spread. In the chaos that follows, the lives of people connected to him begin to split apart and then echo outward through the collapse.
Years later, survivors move through a changed world in small communities, including a traveling troupe of actors and musicians who perform Shakespeare and music for scattered settlements. Their journey keeps crossing paths with danger, memory, and the remnants of the old world.
The novel shifts back and forth between before and after the pandemic, gradually revealing how the characters are connected through relationships, art, and chance. As more of the past comes into focus, the book explores what remains worth saving when civilization is gone.
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Details
- Authors
- Emily St. John Mandel
- First published
- 2014
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Dystopia, Post Apocalyptic, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Apocalyptic
- Subjects
- Fiction · Literary · Science Fiction · Actors · Adventure · Amerikanisches Englisch · Time travel · Shakespearean actors and actresses · Symphonies · Traveling theater · Large type books · FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure · FICTION / Literary · nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2015-06-21 · New York Times bestseller · Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure · Actors, fiction · Fiction, dystopian · nyt:hardcover-fiction=2014-10-19 · New York Times reviewed · Canadian fiction · Epidemics · Collection:Canada Reads · collection:Canada Reads 2023 · Theatrical companies · Prophets · Dystopias
- ISBN-13
- 9780385353304
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