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Emily St. John Mandel

    1 janvier 1979

    Emily St. John Mandel explore l'interconnexion de nos vies et comment nos choix résonnent à travers le temps. Son œuvre examine souvent comment les individus réagissent aux crises et cherchent un sens et une continuité dans un monde instable. Elle écrit avec une observation aiguë et une précision lyrique, permettant aux lecteurs de se connecter profondément avec ses personnages et leurs parcours. Sa prose est célébrée pour sa capacité à créer des récits captivants qui offrent également de profondes réflexions sur la condition humaine.

    Emily St. John Mandel
    Last Night in Montreal
    The Glass Hotel
    The Lola Quartet
    The Singer's Gun
    Sea of tranquility
    Station Eleven
    • Sea of tranquility

      • 258pages
      • 10 heures de lecture

      The instant Sunday Times bestseller, Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel is a story of parallel worlds and possibilities that plays with the very line along which time should run. 'So wise, so graceful, so rich' - Naomi Alderman, author of The Power 'Ingenious' - Guardian Lives separated by time and space have collided, and an exiled Englishman, a writer trapped far from home, and a girl destined to die too young, have each glimpsed a world that is not their own. Travelling through the centuries, between colonies on the moon and an ever-changing Earth, together their lives will solve a mystery that will make you question everything you thought you knew to be true. From the award-winning author of Station Eleven. A Best Book of the Year - Guardian, Oprah Daily, Barack Obama 'Brilliant and fiercely original' - Observer 'One of her finest novels' - New York Times 'Transcendent' - Wall Street Journal

      Sea of tranquility2022
      4,1
    • The Glass Hotel

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      "From the award-winning author of Station Eleven, a captivating novel of money, beauty, white-collar crime, ghosts, and moral compromise in which a woman disappears from a container ship off the coast of Mauritania and a massive Ponzi scheme implodes in New York, dragging countless fortunes with it"-- Provided by publisher

      The Glass Hotel2019
      3,7
    • The Lola Quartet

      • 273pages
      • 10 heures de lecture

      From the bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility—Gavin Sasaki was a promising young journalist in New York City until the day he was fired for plagiarism. The last thing he wants is to sell foreclosed real estate for his sister Eilo’s company in their Florida hometown, but he’s in no position to refuse her job offer. Plus, there’s another reason to go home: Eilo recently met a ten-year-old girl who looks very much like Gavin and has the same last name as his high-school girlfriend, Anna, who left town abruptly after graduation. Determined to find out if this little girl might be his daughter, Gavin sets off to track down Anna, starting with the three friends they shared back when he was part of a jazz group called “The Lola Quartet.” As Gavin pieces together their stories, he learns that Anna has been on the run for good reason, and soon his investigation into her sudden disappearance all those years ago takes a seriously dangerous turn. Look for Emily St. John Mandel’s bestselling new novel, Sea of Tranquility!

      The Lola Quartet2015
      3,7
    • Station Eleven

      • 475pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      Dans un monde où la civilisation s’est effondrée suite à une pandémie foudroyante, une troupe d’acteurs et de musiciens nomadise entre de petites communautés de survivants pour leur jouer du Shakespeare. Un répertoire qui en est venu à représenter l’espoir et l’humanité au milieu de la désolation.

      Station Eleven2014
      4,1
    • The Singer's Gun

      • 304pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      From the author of Station Eleven, this is a thrilling novel about love and identity.

      The Singer's Gun2009
      3,8
    • Last Night in Montreal

      • 240pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      From the bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility—when Lilia Albert was a child, her father appeared on the doorstep of her mother's house and took her away. Now, haunted by an inability to remember much about her early childhood, Lilia moves restlessly from city to city, abandoning lovers and eluding the private detective who has dedicated a career to following close behind. Then comes Eli. When Lilia goes out for a paper and fails to return to their Brooklyn apartment, he follows her to Montreal, not knowing whether he wants to disappear, too, or help her find her way home. But what he discovers is a deeper mystery, one that will set past and present spinning toward collision. Look for Emily St. John Mandel’s bestselling new novel, Sea of Tranquility!

      Last Night in Montreal2009
      3,6