Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Mini-Review

Edmund has been exiled to Canada in 1912. Vincent is walking through a forest in 1994. Mirella goes to a concert in 2020. Olive is giving an author tour on Earth in 2203. Then there’s a hotel detective on a moon colony in 2401. They are all connected by an odd shared experience.

A short, thoughtful speculative novel about time, pandemics, our love of post-apocalyptic fiction and shared humanity. Metafictional. Understated. Short – potential related text for Texts & Human Experiences (Stage 6).

Content warnings: mild references to pandemics and death.

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