Station Eleven

 

Author	Emily St. John Mandel
Country	Canada
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction, Post-apocalyptic
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
ISBN	978-0385353304

Station Eleven is a 2014 science fiction novel by Emily St. John Mandel It is Mandel's fourth novel. The novel takes place in the Great Lakes region after a fictional disease, the "Georgia Flu," has devastated the world, killing most of the population. It won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2015.
The novel was well received by critics, with praise emphasizing the understated nature of Mandel's writing. It appeared on several end of year lists as one of the best novels of 2014.
The novel follows a group of actors and musicians who perform Shakespeare and classical music throughout the Great Lakes region as they perform, alternating between the world before and after the virus has spread

Awards

The novel won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in May of 2015, beating novels including The Girl with All the Gifts and Memory of Water. The committee highlighted the novel's focus on the survival of human culture after an apocalypse, as opposed to the survival of humanity itself.The novel was also nominated for the National Book Award, ultimately losing to Phil Klay's short story cycle Redeployment. It was also a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, as well as the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.
The novel won the Toronto Book Award in October 2015.