Station Eleven

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2015
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Post-catastrophe (disease/pandemic) dystopia. The Traveling Symphony, a theatre troupe and orchestra, travels around the remaining settlements and the dystopia is seen largely through the eyes of the actors. Includes a religious enclave with a prophet who had once been a member of the Traveling Symphony, intends that no one shall leave his community alive. The novel is interspersed with flashbacks to pre-catastrophe times. 

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2015

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Alfred A. Knopf
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New York
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2015 Mandel, Emily St. John (b. 1979). Station Eleven. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. © 2014. Rpt. New York: Vintage Books, 2015. PSt 

Post-catastrophe (disease/pandemic) dystopia. The Traveling Symphony, a theatre troupe and orchestra, travels around the remaining settlements and the dystopia is seen largely through the eyes of the actors. Includes a religious enclave with a prophet who had once been a member of the Traveling Symphony, intends that no one shall leave his community alive. The novel is interspersed with flashbacks to pre-catastrophe times. A ten-episode HBO series created by Patrick Somerville premiered December 16, 2021. Female author born in Canada and living in the U.S.

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A ten-episode HBO series created by Patrick Somerville premiered December 16, 2021.

Author Note

Female author (b. 1979)  born in Canada and living in the U.S.

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