Emily st john mandel 20226/2/2023 ![]() Lest this sound too trippy, be assured that Mandel brings to the story her typical deep characterizations, careful observations, and abiding affection for complicated people. By the end, readers have been on a ride that will challenge their assumptions of both physics and metaphysics. Along the way, we encounter exiled pioneers and desperate detectives, lunar colonies and future pandemics, impossible machines and time-space paradoxes. Mandel’s narrative instincts are in full bloom with her latest novel, Sea of Tranquility, which starts on Vancouver Island in 1912, then moves forward in controlled leaps to the years 2020, 2203, 2401…and back again. Her stories unfold effortlessly, each disclosure and thematic element in place, even as she transports readers through vast leaps in time and distance. Whether on the sentence level or the chapter level, Mandel writes with an innate sense of structure and precise sequencing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Plenty of writers can make that claim, but Mandel moves words around with intuitive storytelling grace. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 starsĪuthor Emily St. ![]()
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