Station Eleven

Station Eleven

by Emily St. John Mandel

6 mentors recommend this 352 pages

One snowy night Arthur Leander, a famous actor, has a heart attack onstage during a production of "King Lear." Jeevan Chaudhary, a paparazzo-turned-EMT, is in the audience and leaps to his aid. 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. That same night, as Jeevan walks home from the theater, a terrible flu begins to spread. Hospitals are flooded and Jeevan and his brother barricade themselves i

ISBN: 9781410474179

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Tyler Cowen

Tyler Cowen

Academia

"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."

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"[The author's] biggest-selling book to date."

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Tim Urban

Tim Urban

Media & Journalism

"Should be required reading to remind everyone that we all live in an incredible magical utopic civilization."

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Daniel W. Drezner

Daniel W. Drezner

Academia

"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.”"

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