Cart
|
|
my account
|
wish list
|
help
|
800-878-7323
Hello, |
Login
MENU
Browse
New Arrivals
Bestsellers
Featured Preorders
Award Winners
Audio Books
See All Subjects
Used
Staff Picks
Staff Picks
Picks of the Month
Bookseller Displays
50 Books for 50 Years
25 Best 21st Century Sci-Fi & Fantasy
25 PNW Books to Read Before You Die
25 Books From the 21st Century
25 Memoirs to Read Before You Die
25 Global Books to Read Before You Die
25 Women to Read Before You Die
25 Books to Read Before You Die
Gifts
Gift Cards & eGift Cards
Powell's Souvenirs
Journals and Notebooks
socks
Games
Sell Books
Blog
Events
Find A Store
Don't Miss
Spring Sale
Big Mood Sale
Teen Dream Sale
Powell's Author Events
Oregon Battle of the Books
Audio Books
Get the Powell's newsletter
Visit Our Stores
Powell's Staff:
Five Book Friday: In Memoriam
(0 comment)
Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
Read More
»
Brontez Purnell:
Powell’s Q&A: Brontez Purnell, author of ‘Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt’
(0 comment)
Rachael P.:
Starter Pack: Where to Begin with Ursula K. Le Guin
(0 comment)
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
Customer Comments
Martin N. has commented on (1) products
Station Eleven
by
Emily St John Mandel
Martin N.
, May 01, 2017
Premise: An actor dies of a heart attack while performing King Lear a few days before a global epidemic called the Georgian Flu begins killing off 99% of the world's population; meanwhile, several characters have some sort of connection to this actor and to each other as told through interwoven stories where the narrative shifts between the years before and decades after the Flu with many stops in between. Recommend: absolutely. Where a lot of stories in this genre might deal with the nuts and bolts of everyday survival, one of the themes Station Eleven addresses is how culture and art survive a cataclysmic event. Reviewers often point to a motto that a traveling group of actors has, "Because survival is insufficient;” that art, something that is not innate to survival in the way shelter and water are, is what makes people human and is therefore necessary. Other themes: (1) memory (whether there is a responsibility to pass history to future generations); (2) fate (whether there is meaning that only some survive); and (3) survival (what people must do to survive). Craft: One thing I liked is the non-linear story. For example, a character dies at the beginning but you don’t see it from his perspective until the end of the book where several other plotlines are also resolving. I think Kirsten could have been more well-rounded—after several months, I remember many other main characters more vividly because they had major human flaws, whereas Kirsten had few if any.
Was this comment helpful? |
Yes
|
No
(7 of 11 readers found this comment helpful)
report this comment