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Strange New Worlds Book Club ft. Station Eleven

  • Riverstone Bookstore 8850 Covenant Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15237 United States (map)

Need to order a copy of the book? You can do so here.

About the book:

An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days following civilization's collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.

It is fifteen years after a flu pandemic wiped out most of the world's population. Kirsten is an actress with the Traveling Symphony, a small troupe moving over the gutted landscape, performing Shakespeare and music for scattered communities of survivors. But when they arrive in the outpost of St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who digs graves for anyone who dares to leave. Spanning decades, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the disaster brought everyone here, this suspenseful, elegiac novel is rife with beauty, telling a story about the relationships that sustain us.

Earlier Event: May 6
Sip & Stitch - Squirrel Hill
Later Event: May 12
Stories and More Toddler Time