Station Eleven: A Novel (National Book Award Finalist)

By Emily St. John Mandel

Book Overview

This Anniversary Edition of Station Eleven, a finalist for the National Book Award and named a Best Book of the Twenty-First Century by the New York Times, celebrates ten years of this now iconic novel with a new color illustration and a guide to "The Mandelverse"

A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century

An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days following civilization's collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.

It is fifteen years after a flu pandemic wiped out most of the world's population. Kirsten is an actress with the Traveling Symphony, a small troupe moving over the gutted landscape, performing Shakespeare and music for scattered communities of survivors. But when they arrive in the outpost of St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who digs graves for anyone who dares to leave. Spanning decades, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the disaster brought everyone here, this suspenseful, elegiac novel is rife with beauty, telling a story about the relationships that sustain us.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804172447
• ISBN13: 9780804172448
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Hopeful Dystopian

Loved this book. I devoured it, reading it every chance I got finishing it very quickly because it was so engrossing.

Not what I was expecting. Book condition not "good".

Book was ok. Easy to follow and gives closure. The condition of the book was NOT "good". It was 'fair' at most. It was stained with what looked like coffee and the pages were falling out/loose.

Seller review

The book was supposed to be in very good condition, but they didn't use any protection when they packed it and sent it to me- so it arrived in awful condition and super beat up.

Not good

Eh

don't waste your money buying this book

I am 76 years old and this will be only the second book I have ever thrown away. What a shame that the author couldn't develop characters that you really cared about learning the person as a human being.

I bought this because of the show

I loved the show! And then I got the book because I was desperate for more and thank God the book was different, same characters different vibe and a little pretentious sometimes but absolutely worth the read!!

Spectacular

Loved this book. Appreciated how the backdrop of the story was the aftermath of an apocalypse, but the story hinges from its own drama and the plot doesn’t surround the apocalypse, it’s merely set after it.

Pandemic Reading

Well written, fast-paced narrative. Story follows several characters just before and in the years after a global pandemic. I really enjoyed it. Only complaint, I didn't want it to end. The post pandemic world was strange and fascinating. There is a TV show adaptation coming to HBO Max in Dec. 2021. Interested to see if it is as good as the book.

Great Buy

You honestly can't tell this didn't come straight off the shelf of a bookstore at cover price. Shopping thrifrbooks is amazing.

A really beautiful story.

A really beautiful story that explores interpersonal connections and the meaning of art in the post-apocalyptic world. Unlike many apocalyptic stories, this one really focuses on the human connections and the coincidences that connect us all together. The perspective of the book changes multiple times which is really enjoyable as you get to see all the parts come together. After finishing the book I found myself thinking about the different and often insignificant ways we all impact other peoples lives and others impact our own. I highly recommend!

A beautiful story of tiny connections and the end of the world

Station Eleven is one of my favorite books. It's set in a post-apocalyptic future, while ignoring most stereotypes of the setting. The characters are wonderful, and the story is touching. Written in a unique style of jumping between characters and time points, this book gives every perspective. By the beautiful end you know that we're all connected even if it's in a seemingly insignificant way.