Art and Survival Post Apocalypse | Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel | Book Review [CC]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- My review for Emily St John Mandel's 2014 post-apocalyptic novel Station Eleven.
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Merry Christmas Claudia! Really enjoyed this series. All the best to you!
"Quiet Survivalism" I like that. Some suggestions for inclusion: Island of the Blue Dolphins and Into the Forest. I'm sure to think of others...Interesting that Station Eleven and the two I mentioned feature female protagonists, but the survivalist stories I can think of (thus far, anyway) featuring male protagonists I couldn't qualify as 'quiet'....
That's an interesting correlation, and one I hadn't thought about before
It’s interesting that you turned to this, rather than the escapist literature that many of us chose.
Thank you Claudia, Merry Christmas! Here in the US it seems that de-funding the arts is a challenge, even before the pandemic.
I think one reason many people didn’t take COVID seriously is that films set in a pandemic (often based on books) show a world utterly changed, and not the pandemic scenario we experienced, which was some fundamental changes but not a total breakdown of society . Also, at least in the US, the horrific behavior of our un-elected government leader who lacked empathy and rather, I observe, seems to enjoy the suffering he causes, as long as he is the center of the attention that ensues.
❤ Loved your reviews. Will miss seeing them every day, but will especially miss Minerva's pop ins. ❤
Thank you so much! There will be more videos in the new year, and I expect Minerva will show up in them as well.
I have recently finished reading Station Eleven. I enjoyed it quite a bit and agreed with your review 100%. I will be reading more of this author .
Thanks Claudia! Happy 2024!
Thank you, and to you!
I followed the same strategy, finally reading Camus's novel The Plague just as Covid deaths were peaking in my area that Spring. It definitely gave the book a gripping immediacy to say the least.
Station Eleven in my favourite book. I've read it 4 times, and the last time was in 2020 as well. To me, it was so comforting, partly because it's just a familiar story to me at this point. The other part that made it comforting was the future that is presented to the reader, post-pandemic. The pace of life is one that really appeals to me, and I enjoy "living" that quiet life with the characters.
I read it in 2020, too, and enjoyed it as a buddyread. Like that idea of "quiet survivalism". Since it referenced King Lear I read the play for the first time, too. I remember liking that I read them together but 3 years on and I can't recall why 😅
Merry Christmas Claudia 🎄 I read Station Eleven during the Pandemic, too and have recently read Sea of Tranquility, which also has pandemics in it. I live in Georgia and wonder why Emily StJohn Mandel chose to have her pandemic the Georgia Flu as having originated here.
Thanks so much for introducing this book to me. I'm very intrigued to read it 🤓
I really do like post apocalyptic dystopian fiction.
I first discovered the genre as a child when i read Z for Zachariah by Robert C O'Brien. It's still one of my favourite books of all time.
Have you read it Claudia?🤓
If not, please do, and then do a video about what you think. It also has a female protagonist which is why i think it resonated with me so much 👍🏼