Station eleven / Emily St. John Mandel.

Station eleven / Emily St. John Mandel.

London : Published by Picador in association with Goldsboro Books, September 2014.

©2014

333 pages ; 23 cm + 1 sheet

Moving backwards and forwards in time, from the glittering years just before the collapse to the strange and altered world that exists twenty years after, Station Eleven charts the unexpected twists of fate that connect six people: famous actor Arthur Leander; Jeevan - warned about the flu just in time; Arthur's first wife Miranda; Arthur's oldest friend Clark; Kirsten, a young actress with the Travelling Symphony; and the mysterious and self-proclaimed 'prophet.' Thrilling, unique and deeply moving, this is a beautiful novel that asks questions about art and fame and about the relationships that sustain us through anything - even the end of the world. Jacket copy from Picador edition.

First editions of Picador include a page from the titular comic "Station Eleven," meant to evoke a scene in the novel where a page of the comic (written by the main character's wife) falls out of a book. Comic page designed by Nathan Burton, who also designed the cover for the Picador edition.

"250 numbered copies of the first edition of Station Eleven... signed by the author"--Half title page.

Great Britain -- England.

Sh.Misc. 2251

Publisher's white paper boards, with mylar-enclosed dust jacket. Grey ribbon bookmark attached at spine. Title page autographed by the author and the designer of the cover and comic insert. No. 108 of 250. Gift of Mark Sieling.

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