John Mandel was born in 1979 and raised on Denman Island, off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. A novel of art, memory, and ambition, Station Eleven tells a story about the relationships that sustain us, the ephemeral nature of fame, and the beauty of the world as we know it.Emily St. As Arthur falls in and out of love, as Jeevan watches the newscasters say their final good-byes, and as Kirsten finds herself caught in the crosshairs of the prophet, we see the strange twists of fate that connect them all. Spanning decades, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, this suspenseful, elegiac novel is rife with beauty.
Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who digs graves for anyone who dares to leave. Written on their caravan, and tattooed on Kirsten?s arm is a line from Star Trek: ?Because survival is insufficient.? But when they arrive in St. Together, this small troupe moves between the settlements of an altered world, performing Shakespeare and music for scattered communities of survivors. Hospitals are flooded and Jeevan and his brother barricade themselves inside an apartment, watching out the window as cars clog the highways, gunshots ring out, and life disintegrates around them.įifteen years later, Kirsten is an actress with the Traveling Symphony. That same night, as Jeevan walks home from the theater, a terrible flu begins to spread. A child actress named Kirsten Raymonde watches in horror as Jeevan performs CPR, pumping Arthur?s chest as the curtain drops, but Arthur is dead. Jeevan Chaudhary, a paparazzo-turned-EMT, is in the audience and leaps to his aid. One snowy night Arthur Leander, a famous actor, has a heart attack onstage during a production of King Lear.
John Mandel € 14.99 This item arrived at our Den Haag store within the past 8 weeks If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 3-5 working days.Īn audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization?s collapse, Station Eleven tells 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.
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