Or perhaps she would have to make a decision about whether she wanted to work on the multi-million dollar screen adaptation for HBO Max. So, in 2020 when an actual pandemic hit the world, you would have thought that all she had to do was hunker down with her young family, tweet out “I told you so” a couple of times with a link to her Amazon page, and just wait for the book royalties to roll in. John Mandel for her 2014 novel Station Eleven, which told the story of a swine-flu pandemic. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. What it ain’t is a novel of sweeping grandeur encompassing the whole global tragedy that comprises the Covid pandemic. What it is is a small and perfectly formed pearl that smooths over and rounds off the sharp edges of the small grain of sand that stands for the author’s discomfort. Sea of Tranquility is what it is and ain’t what it ain’t.
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