Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Penguin Random House
Paperback
*BLAIR AND KRISTEN’S PICK!*
We ADORE this book, which is a weird word to use in the context of death and destruction but, we do. On the more literary and realistic end of the dystopia spectrum, this book focuses on a traveling Shakespeare troupe and asks: what is the role of art during the end times? Also it does that cool thing where it weaves past and present and you don't realize it's happening and then BAM your mind is blown.
Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end.
Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band’s existence. And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed.
Penguin Random House
Paperback
*BLAIR AND KRISTEN’S PICK!*
We ADORE this book, which is a weird word to use in the context of death and destruction but, we do. On the more literary and realistic end of the dystopia spectrum, this book focuses on a traveling Shakespeare troupe and asks: what is the role of art during the end times? Also it does that cool thing where it weaves past and present and you don't realize it's happening and then BAM your mind is blown.
Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end.
Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band’s existence. And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed.
Penguin Random House
Paperback
*BLAIR AND KRISTEN’S PICK!*
We ADORE this book, which is a weird word to use in the context of death and destruction but, we do. On the more literary and realistic end of the dystopia spectrum, this book focuses on a traveling Shakespeare troupe and asks: what is the role of art during the end times? Also it does that cool thing where it weaves past and present and you don't realize it's happening and then BAM your mind is blown.
Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end.
Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band’s existence. And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed.