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Station eleven / Emily St. John Mandel.

Mandel, Emily St. John, 1979- (author.).

Summary:

"An audacious, darkly glittering novel about art, fame, and ambition set in the eerie days of civilization's collapse, from the author of three highly acclaimed previous novels. One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear. Hours later, the world as we know it begins to dissolve. Moving back and forth in time-from the actor's early days as a film star to fifteen years in the future, when a theater troupe known as the Traveling Symphony roams the wasteland of what remains-this suspenseful, elegiac, spellbinding novel charts the strange twists of fate that connect five people: the actor, the man who tried to save him, the actor's first wife, his oldest friend, and a young actress with the Traveling Symphony, caught in the crosshairs of a dangerous self-proclaimed prophet. Sometimes terrifying, sometimes tender, Station Eleven tells a story about the relationships that sustain us, the ephemeral nature of fame, and the beauty of the world as we know it"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780804172448
ISBN: 0804172447
ISBN: 9781447268963
ISBN: 1447268962
ISBN: 9781447268970
ISBN: 1447268970
ISBN: 9780385353304
ISBN: 0385353308
Physical Description: 333 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2014]
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

General Note:	"This is a Borzoi Book" -- Title verso page. "A novel" -- Front jacket cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.5 16 174332.
Awards Note:	Arthur C. Clarke Award, 2015. Toronto Book Award, 2015.