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Forlag Knopf
Utgivelsesår 2014
Format Hardcover
ISBN13 9780385353304
Språk Engelsk
Sider 352
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Station eleven snublet jeg over på Goodreads i fjor under avstemningen av årets beste roman. På det tidspunktet holdt jeg på å lese meg gjennom et utvalg dystopiske romaner i forbindelse med et prosjekt på jobben. Jeg ble helt hektet på sjangeren og kastet meg naturlig nok over Station eleven, som for øvrig var nominert til National Book Award. Du kan lese mer om forfatteren, kanadiske Emily St. John Mandel, her
Station eleven åpner med en scene fra et teater i Toronto. Under ei oppsetting av Shakespeares King Lear faller hovedrolleinnhaveren, Arthur, om på scenen. En publikummer, Jeaven, styrter til for å hjelpe, men Arthurs liv lar seg ikke redde. Gjennom resten av romanen følger vi mennesker i fjern og nær tilknytning til Arthur, også Jeaven, som tidligere har jobbet som journalist og papparazifotograf og som har levd godt på bilder av Arthur.
Kort tid i forveien bryter det ut en influensaepidemi i Georgia. Viruset sprer seg som en pest rundt i verden, det har allerede nådd Toronto, og innen to uker er nesten alle de ansatte på teateret døde. Viruset likner ikke noe man har sett tidligere, og snart er 99 prosent av jordas befolkning utradert. Alt kollapser og verden er plutselig ikke så veldig annerledes enn på 1500-tallet.
Handlinga i Station eleven følger to tidslinjer: Arthur og menneskene som krysser hans vei i årene før epidemien, og et omreisende teaterensemble tjue år etter. I år tjue er grensene opphevet og de overlevende i Nord-Amerika bor spredt omkring på små, isolerte stasjoner eller tettsteder. En av bokas hovedpersoner, Kirsten, reiser rundt med et teater. Som barn var Kirsten med på oppsettinga av King Lear, og hun husker Arthurs dødsfall som om det var i går. Hos Arthur fikk hun en tegneserieroman, Station eleven, hvis verden ikke er helt ulik hennes egen dystopiske virkelighet, selv om Station eleven ligger i verdensrommet. Tegneserien blir altså en slags miniatyrkopi av hovedfortellinga.
Etter hvert som handlinga i boka skrider fremover, møtes både de to tidslinjene og Arthurs venner og bekjente – de av dem som overlever vel å merke. Boka dveler egentlig ikke så mye ved selve apokalypsen, den handler heller om tap og savn. Det holder nemlig ikke bare å overleve som det så fint heter i Star Trek: «Survival is unsufficient». Station eleven er en mørk og vakker dystopisk fortelling og et friskt pust i en sjanger overrepresentert av diktaturer. Den er garantert zombiefri og en sikker vinner også for de av dere som normalt sett ikke leser denne typen litteratur
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Start en diskusjon om verket Se alle diskusjoner om verketHell is the absence of the people you long for.
Because survival is insufficient.
I repent nothing. A line she remembered from the fog of the internet. I am heartless, she thinks, but she knows even through her guilt that this isn't true. She knows there are traps everywhere that can make her cry, she knows the way she dies a little every time someone asks her for change and she doesn't give it to them means that she's too soft for this world or perhaps just for this city, she feels so small here.
I stood looking over my damaged home and tried to forget the sweetness of life on Earth.
First we only want to be seen, but once we're seen, that's not enough anymore. After that, we want to be remembered.
The more you remember, the more you've lost.
We travelled so far and your friendship meant everything. It was very difficult, but there were moments of beauty. Everything ends. I am not afraid.
Yes, it was beautiful. It was the most beautiful place I have ever seen. It was gorgeous and claustrophobic. I loved it and I always wanted to escape.
They spend all their lives waiting for their lives to begin.
If you are the light, if your enimies are the darkness, then there's nothing that you cannot justify.
Oppressive government: China Mieville - "The City and the City"
Blue on the cover: Kim Stanley Robinson - «New York 2140»
Standalone: Seanan McGuire - "Middlegame"
One word title: Siri Pettersen - "Odinsbarn"
2021 release: Joshua Philip Johnson - «The Forever Sea»
More than 10 years old: Paul Auster - "In the country of last things"
500++ pages: Philip Pullman - «The book of dust volume two: The secret commonwealth»
Takes place outside of the US: Marlen Haushofer - «The Wall»
Radioactive/nuclear catastrophe:
Young adult: Tasmyn Muir - «Gideon the Ninth»
Zombies: Justina Ireland - «Dread Nation»
Colour in the title:
Free space:
Aliens: Nnedi Okorafor - "Binti"
Short story:
Ebook/audiobook: Adrian Tchaikovsky - "Made things"
Set in space: Becky Chambers - «The long way to a small, angry planet»
Adult:
Post-apocalyptic: Emily St. John Mandel - «Station Eleven»
Gold on the cover: Jessica Townsend - "Hollowpox: The hunt for Morrigan Crow"
Sci-fi/naturalistic:
Movie/TV/video game adaptation:
Cyberpunk:
Number in the title: Stephen King - «Det mørke tårn 2: De utvalgte»
Part of a series: Brandon Sanderson - «The Well of Ascension»
Uthevet tekst
A book that's published in 2021: Jonas Sundquist - "Jeg tror du hadde likt Ulrik"
An Afrofuturist book: Nnedi Okorafor - "Binti"
A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover: Jostein Gaarder - "Kabalmysteriet"
A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign: Peter S. Beagle - "The last unicorn" (Beagle var Vær, i det minste fram til siste datojustering. Født 20. april)
A dark academia book:
A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title: Colson Whitehead - «Nickelguttene»
A book where the main character works at your current or dream job: Taylor Jenkins Reid - "The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo" (hvem har ikke drømt om å være skuespiller på et eller annet tidspunkt?)
A book that has won the Women's Prize For Fiction: Tayari Jones - «An American marriage» (2019)
A book with a family tree
A bestseller from the 1990s: Robin Hobb - "Assasin's quest"
A book about forgetting: Stephen King - "Det mørke tårn 2: De utvalgte" (Detta og Odetta glemmer hverandre osv.)
A book you have seen on someone's bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.): Astrid Lindgren og Sara Scwhardt - "Brevene dine legger jeg under madrassen" (fant den i mammas og pappas bokhylle)
A locked-room mystery: Fredrik Backman - «Folk med angst»
A book set in a restaurant: Linda Chapman - «Sugar & Spice»
A book with a black-and-white cover: Seanan McGuire - "Middlegame"
A book by an Indigenous author: Nnedi Okorafor - "Binti: Home" (Okorafor er av igbo-folket fra Nigeria)
A book that has the same title as a song: Tsetsi Dangarembga - «Nervous Conditions»
A book about a subject you are passionate about: Rebecca Solnit - «Men explain things to me»
A book that discusses body positivity: C S. Cooney - «Desdemona and the Deep»
A book found on a Black Lives Matter reading list: Justina Ireland - «Dread Nation»
A genre hybrid: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - «The Hound of the Baskervilles» (horror / mystery (krim) hybrid)
A book set mostly or entirely outdoors: Marlen Haushofer - "The Wall"
A book with something broken on the cover: Brandon Sanderson - "The Well of Ascension" (min versjon har coveret med en ødelagt "skive" på: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51c8b8Bn7wL.jpg)
A book by a Muslim American author: S. A. Chakraborty - "City of Brass"
A book that was published anonymously: Mary Shelley - "Frankenstein"
A book with an oxymoron in the title
A book about do-overs or fresh starts: Becky Chambers - "The long way to a small, angry planet"
A magical realism book: Charles Dickens - «A Christmas Carol»
A book set in multiple countries: Geraldine Brooks - «People of the book»
A book set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021: Kim Stanley Robinson - «New York 2140»
A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality: Jonathan van Ness - "Over the top"
A book whose title starts with "Q," "X," or "Z": Walter Tevis - "The queen's gambit"
A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child): Kristen Hannah - "The nightingale"
A book about a social justice issue: Terry Pratchett - "Equal Rites"
A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels): Elisabeth Acevedo - "The poet X" (slampoesi, lydbok)
A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads: Tore Renberg - «Tollak til Ingeborg»
A book you think your best friend would like: Jessica Townsend - "Hollowpox: The hunt for Morrigan Crow"
A book about art or an artist: Emily St. John Mandel - "Station Eleven"
A book everyone seems to have read but you: Colleen Hoover - «Verity»
Your favourite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: A story within a story: Joshua Philip Johnson - «The Forever Sea»
Advanced
The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list: Brandon Sanderson - "The way of kings"
The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list: Adrian Tchaikovsky - "Made things"
The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover: China Mieville - "The city and the city"
The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover: T. Kingfisher - "Clockwork Boys"
The book that's been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time: Margaret Atwood - «Oryx and Crake»
A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn't: Philip Pullman - "Book of dust volume 2: The secret commonwealth"
A book from your TBR list you associate with a favourite person, place, or thing: J. K. Rowling - "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (illustrert av Jim Kay)
A book from your TBR list chosen at random
A DNF book from your TBR list
A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library): Paul Auster - "In the country of last things"
Set in a school: Jessica Townsend - "Hollowpox: The hunt for Morrigan Crow"
Featuring the legal profession: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - «The Hound of the Baskervilles» (Sherlock må da gjelde?)
A dual timeline: Margaret Atwood - "Oryx and Crake"
An author that is deceased: Terry Pratchett - "Equal Rites"
Published by Penguin: Philip Pullman - "The book of dust volume 2: The secret commonwealth"
A character with the same name as a male family member:
An author with only 1 published book: Joshua Philip Johnson - «The Forever Sea»
A book in the 900’s of the Dewey Decimal System:
Set in a Mediterranean country: Jostein Gaarder - «Kabalmysteriet»
Related to the word “fire”: S. A. Chakraborty - "City of Brass" (daeva-folket og deres religion)
Book with discussion questions inside: Tayari Jones - "An american marriage"
Title starting with the letter “D”: C. S. Cooney - «Desdemona and the Deep»
Includes an exotic animal: Peter S. Beagle - "The last unicorn" (enhjørningen)
Written by an author over 65 (when published): Kathy Reichs - "A conspiracy of bones"
A book mentioned in another book: Geraldine Brooks - «People of the Book» (nevnt i «The end of your life book Club»)
Set before the 17th Century: Terry Jones - «Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives»
A character “on the run”: Mary Shelley - "Frankenstein, Or The Modern Prometheus"
Author with a 9-letter last name: Siri Pettersen - "Odinsbarn"
Book with a deckled edge:
Made into a TV series: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - "The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes""
Book by Kristin Hannah: "The Nightingale"
A family saga:
An ending that surprises you: Brandon Sanderson - "The well of ascension"
A book you think they should read in schools
A book with multiple character POV: Brandon Sanderson - "The hero of ages"
An author of color: Elizabeth Acevedo - "Clap when you land"
First chapter ends on an odd page number: Walter Tevis - "The queen's gambit"
Includes a historical event you know little about: Colson Whitehead - «Nickel-guttene»
Featuring the environment: Kim Stanley Robinson - «New York 2140»
Watch out for dragons! Robin Hobb - «Assassin’s Quest»
Shares a similar title to another book: China Mieville - "The City And the City" (minner om f eks "A tale of two cities")
A selfish character: Tore Renberg - "Tollak til Ingeborg"
Featuring adoption: Tasmyn Muir - "Gideon the Ninth"
A book you’d rate 5 stars: Seanan McGuire - "Middlegame"
Set in a country that starts with the letter “S”: Fredrik Backman - «Folk med angst» (satt til Sverige)
A nameless narrator: "The Wall" - Marlen Haushofer
An educational read: Rebecca Solnit - "Men explain things to me"
Recommended on BookBub: Taylor Jenkins Reid - "The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo"
An alternate history novel: Justina Ireland - "Dread Nation"
Found via #bookstagram: Emily St. John Mandel - "Station Eleven"
An endorsement by a famous author on the cover: Colleen Hoover - «Verity»
An epistolary: Astrid Lindgren og Sara Scwhardt - "Brevene dine gjemmer jeg under madrassen"
A character with a pet cat: Kathy Reichs - "Speaking in bones"
Includes a garden: Becky Chambers - «The long way to a small, angry planet»
A coming of age novel: Tsitsi Dangarembga - «Nervous Conditions»
Winner of the National Book Award – any year: Elisabeth Acevedo - "The poet X"
A character with a disability: Stephen King - "Det mørke tårn 2: De utvalgte" (Detta/Odetta/Susannah)
A cover with a woman who is facing away: Paul Aster - "In the country of last things"
A flavour in the title: Linda Chapman - «Sugar & Spice»
A shoe on the cover: Jonathan van Ness - "Over the top"
Published in 2021: Jonas Sundquist - «Jeg tror du ville likt Ulrik»
Re-do one of the previous 51 categories from this 2021 challenge: C. S. E. Cooney - "Desdemona and the deep": a selfish character (flere, bl a. faren)