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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 ...more
One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear. Hours later, the world as ...more
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Hardcover, 336 pages
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September 9th 2014
by Knopf
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一本挺特別的小說,看完之後不禁令人很好奇,這是否也是一種文類呢?所謂的末日/末世之後的世界,應該是令人有無限想像空間的吧!只要我們有勇氣去想的話。
故事的開始是在莎劇"李爾王"演出的現場,緊接著的是大規模流行疫病所造成的文明滅絕,作者的寫作手法和說故事的功力相當好,她把一些原先生命的某部分互有連結的角色,放到整個世界文明的滅絕的場景中,他們彼此因為文明崩解而失去了聯絡,在一個各自求生存都已不易的時空當中,他們看似已經毫不相關,但卻又因為人性內在力量的驅使,使得他們其實都還在影響著彼此,最後也因為人類對於文明的渴求,使他們又聚在一起,是一個很特別的故事結構。
當然對於大規模疫病流行之後的世界,是否真的如作者所描述,我想誰都不敢斷言,我自己在閱讀過程中,也常常有"真的會發生這種事嗎?"之類的疑問,不過至少作者有勇氣去想像,去嘗試描繪出這樣的世界,這就讓我很佩服了。
看完後,深深覺得,如果災難真的會在一瞬間來臨,世間不知有多少紛紛擾擾就會像書中所描述的,嘠然而止,留下無限的寂靜,這樣一想,就覺得不用太在意很多事了吧!
故事的開始是在莎劇"李爾王"演出的現場,緊接著的是大規模流行疫病所造成的文明滅絕,作者的寫作手法和說故事的功力相當好,她把一些原先生命的某部分互有連結的角色,放到整個世界文明的滅絕的場景中,他們彼此因為文明崩解而失去了聯絡,在一個各自求生存都已不易的時空當中,他們看似已經毫不相關,但卻又因為人性內在力量的驅使,使得他們其實都還在影響著彼此,最後也因為人類對於文明的渴求,使他們又聚在一起,是一個很特別的故事結構。
當然對於大規模疫病流行之後的世界,是否真的如作者所描述,我想誰都不敢斷言,我自己在閱讀過程中,也常常有"真的會發生這種事嗎?"之類的疑問,不過至少作者有勇氣去想像,去嘗試描繪出這樣的世界,這就讓我很佩服了。
看完後,深深覺得,如果災難真的會在一瞬間來臨,世間不知有多少紛紛擾擾就會像書中所描述的,嘠然而止,留下無限的寂靜,這樣一想,就覺得不用太在意很多事了吧!
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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 ...more
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 ...more
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