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Sea of Tranquility

Emily St. John Mandel's latest novel is about a seemingly disparate array of people who come into contact with a time traveller.

Emily St. John Mandel

In this captivating tale of imagination and ambition, a seemingly disparate array of people come into contact with a time traveller who must resist the pull to change the past and the future. The cast includes a British exile on the West coast of Canada in the early 1900s; the author of a bestselling novel about a fictional pandemic who embarks on a galaxy-spanning book tour during the outbreak of an actual pandemic; a resident of a moon colony almost 300 years in the future; and a lonely girl who films an old-growth forest and experiences a disruption in the recording. Blurring the lines between reality and fantasy, Emily St. John Mandel's dazzling story follows these engrossing characters across space and time as their lives ultimately intersect. (From HarperCollins Canada)

Emily St. John Mandelis a bestselling author currently based in New York. Her other novels includeThe Glass Hotel, which was afinalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prizeand selected byPresident Barack Obama as a favourite book of 2020;andStation Eleven,a bestseller adapted for HBO anda finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award.

Interviews with Emily St. John Mandel

Emily St John Mandel on The Glass Hotel, her follow-up to her breakout novel Station Eleven.
The author of "Station Eleven" on her bestselling debut novel, and why post-apocalyptic fiction is all the rage. (Broadcast date: May 11, 2015)

Other books by Emily St. John Mandel

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