I very much enjoyed Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel which is set in the future in Canada. In the "near future" an actor, Arthur Leander, has a heart attack on stage while he played "King Lear" in Toronto. That same night a highly virulent flu arrives in Toronto and around the world killing people within hours. There is a scramble to escape the infection and when the pandemic has ended, civilisation has collapsed. A child, Kirsten, is on stage when Arthur dies. He has given her a graphic book telling the story of a space ship, Station Eleven. In the more distant future when the years are marked from the time of the pandemic, Kirsten is part of a group which travels around entertaining the small pockets of towns that still exist. It is Year 20 and life is not easy but still full of hope. The story constantly moves between the time before and then after "the collapse". 41/2/5Friday, June 12, 2015
Station Eleven
I very much enjoyed Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel which is set in the future in Canada. In the "near future" an actor, Arthur Leander, has a heart attack on stage while he played "King Lear" in Toronto. That same night a highly virulent flu arrives in Toronto and around the world killing people within hours. There is a scramble to escape the infection and when the pandemic has ended, civilisation has collapsed. A child, Kirsten, is on stage when Arthur dies. He has given her a graphic book telling the story of a space ship, Station Eleven. In the more distant future when the years are marked from the time of the pandemic, Kirsten is part of a group which travels around entertaining the small pockets of towns that still exist. It is Year 20 and life is not easy but still full of hope. The story constantly moves between the time before and then after "the collapse". 41/2/5
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