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Cargando... Station eleven : a novel (edición 2015)por Emily St. John Mandel
Información de la obraStation Eleven por Emily St. John Mandel
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A flu decimates the world’s population. This book is a pretty realistic description of what happens next, which we can all imagine from our own experiences when Covid-19 came along. It follows multiple characters and how their lives intertwine despite the inoperable modern communications and transportation, as infrastructure breaks down for decades. I appreciated how storyline about the “bad guy” was resolved and the hint of hope at the end. An excellent read. So glad I decided to keep reading books by this author after my disappointment with The Last Night in Montreal. I’ve put The Glass House on my tbr list. ( ) The book isn't bad exactly, but I had such high expectations after the absolutely fantastic miniseries from Patrick Somerville (wonderful cast and production). I thought the book would bring me even deeper into this fascinating world, but wow...the book was just the inspiration for what the series was able to refine, organize, dramatize, and build in ways that the writer just can't do. In fact, the book really fails in terms of character development, scenes, dialogue, and overall vision. There's still a lot of imagination and some good ideas, but if only this young writer had found a good editor or someone to help coach the writing into more fruitful territory. I probably wouldn't try this writer again, but I'm still grateful for how this flawed work inspired some really excellent television. Ups and downs. Very interesting and effective narrative structure, first of all the everyday objects linking the scattered stories of all the characters before and after the disaster; a deep love and understanding for humanity and its weakness and strenght; no interest for the bad guys/good guys dychotomy. On the other hand, some superficiality in describing the post-disaster world: how the suddenly neglected nuclear power plants didn't change the world into a wasteland? Also, on the "downs" front lie a flatness in characters' personality (which is partially amended in the course of the narrative), and an overall lack of depth. I don't even mention the style. Most of contemporary novels are written as if they were a high school report. Maybe it's all that "ceative writing" education, anyway it nearly made me abandon the reading. I have to say, anyway, that in the end I did not only finished the book, but I also finished it in a night. I could say that of many brain-chewingum books I read, but I have to admit (begrudgingly) that there is something more to this one.
Station Eleven is not so much about apocalypse as about memory and loss, nostalgia and yearning; the effort of art to deepen our fleeting impressions of the world and bolster our solitude. Mandel evokes the weary feeling of life slipping away, for Arthur as an individual and then writ large upon the entire world. Survival may indeed be insufficient, but does it follow that our love of art can save us? If “Station Eleven” reveals little insight into the effects of extreme terror and misery on humanity, it offers comfort and hope to those who believe, or want to believe, that doomsday can be survived, that in spite of everything people will remain good at heart, and that when they start building a new world they will want what was best about the old. Mandel’s solid writing and magnetic narrative make for a strong combination in what should be a breakout novel. PremiosDistincionesListas de sobresalientes
“La mejor novela que leí en 2014. Un libro que recordaré durante mucho tiempo y que volveré a leer”. George R. R. Martin, autor de "Juego de tronos". Un inesperado virus mortal acaba con la humanidad tal y como la conocemos: ya no quedan trenes que unan los lugares, ni internet que nos permita conocer el mundo, ni siquiera ciudades en las que vivir, solo quedan asentamientos hostiles al visitante ocasional. En este desolador panorama un pequeño grupo de actores y músicos tienen una iniciativa sorprendente: crear la Sinfonía Viajera, con el fin de mantener vivo un resquicio de humanidad. Pero en este libro nada es fácil y pronto este rescoldo de civilización también se verá amenazado por un violento profeta. Esta novela va más allá de su argumento y escritura, originales y ambiciosos: nos sumerge en un mundo distinto y nos obliga a reflexionar sobre el presente, sobre lo que tenemos y qué valor le damos. En definitiva, un homenaje inteligente y sobrio a los pequeños placeres de la vida. Un libro difícil de dejar y, más aún, de olvidar. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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