NPR

'Sea of Tranquility' reflects our pandemic woes through a time-travel lens

In Marienbad --the fictional future pandemic novel that Emily St. John Mandel's latest work Sea of Tranquility revolves around — author Olive Llewellyn articulates the reluctance to name this ...
CNN

In new pandemic novel, ‘Station Eleven’ author explores how the apocalypse is always now

Fans of Marvel movies love that the franchise encompasses a multiverse where well-known characters such as Captain America, Spiderman and Doctor Strange can shift identities and destinies depending on ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Sea of Tranquility’ Review: Enfolded in Emily St. John Mandel’s Design

‘Reality is things as they are,” Wallace Stevens declared, and who could argue with that? Well, legions of philosophers and any number of novelists, among them Emily St. John Mandel, who, like an ...
The Michigan Daily

‘Sea of Tranquility’ finds humanity in the fantastical

“Sea of Tranquility,” Emily St. John Mandel’s new novel, demanded that I read it all in one day. There are few things more exhilarating (to me, at least) than tearing through a book because it’s just ...
Post and Courier

Review: 'Sea of Tranquility' delves into existential questions, entertainingly

SEA OF TRANQUILITY. By Emily St. John Mandel. Alfred A. Knopf. 272 pages. $25. Is it possible to be entertained by existential questions? As I put down Emily St. John Mandel’s new novel, I was struck ...
Wired

No One Does Speculative Fiction Like Emily St. John Mandel

If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Sea of Tranquility opens on a would-be British colonizer named Edwin St. John ...