Emily St John Mandel is back with her first novel in four years, EXIT PARTY. The story follows Ari, a woman recently released from prison, as she tries to navigate the fractured United States following a civil war. Landing in Los Angeles, Ari moves in with Gloria, a woman suffering from PTSD after being present…
Another year, another top 10 list. In years past, I’ve tried to post five fiction and five non-fiction, however, this year my fiction list was so strong, it overtook all by one spot for non-fiction. Station Eleven – Emily St John Mandala What can I say about this book that hasn’t been said by so…
Much of Emily St. John Mandel’s STATION ELEVEN takes place twenty years after the collapse of modern society due to a lethal and vicious pathogen named The Georgian Flu. The novel follows a group of survivors, dubbed “The Travelling Symphony”; a troupe of musicians and actors who commute from settlement to settlement performing Shakespeare alongside…
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