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INFORMATION ABOUT THIS BOOK
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 2, 2015
Format:  Paperback, audiobook, and ebook
Print length ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
Genre:  Dystopian Fiction

MY PERSONAL OPINION OF “STATION ELEVEN”

I got the book with Libby, and I got it as I wanted to get a Dystopian Fiction Novel as my next read. I picked this one because it had great reviews; however, I was not aware how popular this book or the Author was, and that even a TV show was created based on the novel.

I loved this book. I do have a soft spot for Dystopian fiction novels and this one was perfection. The characters, the ambiance, the before, during, and aftermath of life after the virus.

There was a suspense, fear, tenderness, hope, joy, admiration, respect, and surprises all along. I am looking forward to read more books about this great author.

PREMISE OF THE BOOK AS FOUND IN AMAZON / GOODREADS:

An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days following civilization’s collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity. 

It is fifteen years after a flu pandemic wiped out most of the world’s population. Kirsten is an actress with the Traveling Symphony, a small troupe moving over the gutted landscape, performing Shakespeare and music for scattered communities of survivors. But when they arrive in the outpost of St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who digs graves for anyone who dares to leave. Spanning decades, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the disaster brought everyone here, this suspenseful, elegiac novel is rife with beauty, telling a story about the relationships that sustain us. 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL is the author of six novels, including Sea of Tranquility, The Glass Hotel, and Station Eleven, which was a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Her work has been translated into thirty-two languages. She lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.

Bibliography:

• Sea of Tranquility: a Novel
• The Glass Hotel: a Novel
• Last Night in Montreal
• The Singer’s Gun: a Novel
• The Lola Quartet