Kirsten and the Traveling Symphony also come into conflict with a mysterious zealot known only as the Prophet (Daniel Zovatto).
The novel follows two central characters: Arthur Leander (Gael García Bernal), a faded Hollywood star who dies onstage during a production of King Lear just before the outbreak of the pandemic and Kirsten Raymonde (Mackenzie Davis), a former child actor who appeared in Arthur’s final production, and later winds up as a member of the Traveling Symphony. Station Eleven follows a Shakespeare theater troupe known as the Traveling Symphony around the Great Lakes region in the wake of a flu pandemic that has wiped out 99% of human life. Mandel, who began her career as a crime novelist, fuses intricate, suspenseful plotting with a literary sensibility to create her melancholy portrait of post-apocalyptic life.
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“It’s a story where civilization collapses, but our humanity persists - maybe there's something there that people wanted to absorb.” But although her novel has a warm heart, it’s also full of twists and turns. The book attracted renewed attention when COVID-19 hit, and in a recent interview with Esquire, Mandel reflected on its appeal. John Mandel’s bestselling 2014 novel - is garnering raves. This may not seem like the best time for a show about a viral pandemic, but HBO’s adaptation of Station Eleven - Emily St.