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Station Eleven
By Emily St. John Mandel
Set in the Great Lakes region following the collapse of humanity as we know it, this s
cience fiction novel wowed critics and readers alike and was regarded as one of the best books of 2014.
Station Eleven follows the story of a group of actors and musicians. The timeline spans decades, and switches between the lives of the artists before the spread of a mysterious disease and the aftermath of the infection. Critics described the novel as a great example of human perseverance, with The New York Times writing, “If Station Eleven reveals little insight into the effects of extreme terror and misery on humanity, it offers comfort … that in spite of everything people will remain good at heart, and that when they start building a new world they will want what was best about the old.”
The novel, which is Mandel’s fourth book, won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2015 as well as the Toronto Book Award. A film adaptation is in the works.
