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Set in the days of civilization's collapse, Station Eleven tells the story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.

One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear. Hours later, the world as
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Hardcover, 336 pages
Published September 9th 2014 by Knopf
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Aug 23, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy, 2019, ebook
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ساختاری که حتی در طبقهبندی موجودات زنده هم قرار نمیگیره. در ظاهر غیرمنطقیه که یک موجود اینقدر ابتدایی برای موجودی هوشمند به پیشرفتگی انسان که متکاملترین نوع حیات روی زمینِ دردسرساز باشه ولی ویروس یک ماشین سلولکشی فوقالعاده کارآمده که حتی یک مولکول اضافه هم نداره. ویروسها بارها بهترین زیستشناسهای ما رو شکست دادهان و این قابلیت رو دارن که کل تمدن پیشرفتهی ما رو دود کنن و به هوا بفرستن

نوشتن در مورد "ایستگاه یازده" سخته. داستان تقریباً به سبک "برشی از زندگی" نوشته شده و خلاصهی داستان تقریباً تم
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Aug 24, 2019 rated it it was amazing
مفرح، پر ملات برای تدریس کلاس مقدمات انسانشناسی، بهفکرانداز، ولی بیشتر از همه چیز مفرح. ویروس جدیدی ظاهر میشه که همه سکنه دنیا رو میکشه به جز یه تعداد محدود و اینا در حین اینکه بدجوری گیر افتادن باید تمدن و دنیای جدید رو شروع کنن. نکته اینه که لازم نیست از نقطه صفر شروع کنن و به تاریخ و اشیای قبل ویروس دسترسی دارن و اینجاس که انتخابها معنادار میشه، مثلا تاسيس يه موزه يا دستاندازی به ادبیات. در طول خوندنش دوست داشتم بخشی از دنیای جدید و نو باشم. احساس اینکه همهچیز تو این دنیا ضرورت داره و هنوز رو ...more

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Emily St. John Mandel was born and raised on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. She studied contemporary dance at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre and lived briefly in Montreal before relocating to New York.

Her fourth novel, Station Eleven, is forthcoming in September 2014. All three of her previous novels—Last Night in Montreal, The Singer's Gun, and The Lola Quartet—were Indie Next
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“Hell is the absence of the people you long for.” 928 likes
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