And that's not to minimize the terror or the awfulness of it. is that this is something that happens every now and again in human history. And what quickly became clear to me, as I did some research into the history of pandemics - reading about the smallpox epidemic in the 1790s, the Black Death, etc. So I hit upon a pandemic because it's just a sort of horribly efficient way to do that. "And of course, if you're gonna do that, you've got to end the modern world somehow. "The project was that I wanted to write about a world with no technology," she says. Nevertheless, we couldn't help asking her at least one question about Station Eleven. Instead, try her latest: The Glass Hotel takes us through tunnels of carelessness, corruption, moral compromise, and a global financial crisis to pose the question: How many chances do we get in life? Station Eleven has sold more than a million and a half copies - though Mandel recommends you not read it right this minute. John Mandel's last novel was set in a world devastated by a worldwide flu epidemic. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Glass Hotel Author Emily St.
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