But this is where the similarities taper off, for the story Emily St.
Like other books in the genre, it highlights the fragility of our existence, our violent nature, and our capacity to survive despite the inevitable hardships of starvation, loneliness, and chaos. Published by Knopf in 2014, it tells the story of a small band of actors and musicians 20 years after a flu pandemic has wiped out 99% of the Earth's population. The post-apocalyptic novel has grown popular enough to warrant its own genre, and one could argue that Station Eleven fits well within that category. "I wanted to write a love letter to the world we find ourselves in." - Emily St. "Survival is insufficient." -from Station Eleven "I kept putting the book down, looking around me, and thinking, 'Everything is a miracle'" (National Public Radio). "It's hard to imagine a novel more perfectly suited, in both form and content, to this literary moment" ( The New Yorker). "Think of Cormac McCarthy seesawing with Joan Didion. "Possibly the most captivating and thought-provoking post-apocalyptic novel you will ever read" ( The Independent London). A woman moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians until they encounter a violent prophet who threatens the tiny band's existence. "Equal parts page-turner and poem" ( Entertainment Weekly), the novel is set 20 years after a devastating flu pandemic destroys civilization as we know it. Clarke Award, was a finalist for the National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award, was an Amazon Best Book of the Month, and was named one of the best books of the year by more than a dozen publications. John Mandel's fourth novel, won the Arthur C. This title is no longer available for programming after the 2021-2022 grant year.
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