Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel
A National Book Award FinalistA PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist 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...
Publish Date
2015
June 2
First Published in 2014
Goodreads rating
4.05
ISBN
9781447268970
Categories
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Recommendations
Mar 29, 2020
Best dystopian books? I'm going with
- "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
- "Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel
You? – sourceMar 16, 2020
I am a big fan of Emily St. John Mandel's novels Station Eleven (about a pandemic, by the way, I promise you that is a coincidence), and the new forthcoming The Glass Hotel. – sourceOct 20, 2014
Someone asked for book recommendations and, without knowing it, @IsaacFitzgerald and I both said STATION ELEVEN by @EmilyMandel! – sourceMar 07, 2020
Also, if you’re looking for a post-apocalyptic book that is weirdly optimistic about humanity and don’t love science fiction, I suggest Emily St. John Mandel’s “Station Eleven.” – sourceJun 28, 2020
Finished "Station Eleven" by @EmilyMandel last night.
I couldn't put it down. Just an amazing book. So ridiculously well done. Definitely recommend. – sourceJun 01, 2018
What's one book that you wish you could experience again for the very first time?
For me, it's Station Eleven by @EmilyMandel. I think about that book constantly. – sourceDec 12, 2020
10. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. A book about a pandemic but really it's about the importance of art in sustaining civilisation and collective memory. A lot of reviewers used the word elegaic + it very much felt like it reading it this year. – source