I wasn’t sure I’d do anything with it - it seemed like the sort of thing that might be the seed of a new book but then not end up being part of the final version, which isn’t that unusual for me in starting a new book.
John Mandel: I’d been working on autofiction for a while, just as an experiment. Here, Bookselling This Week talked about writing the book with Mandel.īookselling This Week: How did the idea for this story come to you?Įmily St. ”Mandel weaves effortlessly between historical and science fiction and is a master of immersive storytelling.” “A gem of a novel, spiraling out of place and time to shape our present hopes and anxieties into a story of peace and resilience,” said Dan Brewster of Prologue Bookshop in Columbus, Ohio. Sea of Tranquility follows a cast of seemingly disparate characters on a journey that begins on Vancouver Island in 1912 and ends on a dark colony on the moon five-hundred years later. John Mandel’s Sea of Tranquility (Knopf) as their top pick for the April 2022 Indie Next List. Subscribe to the Thread newsletter for the latest book and author news and must-read recommendations.Independent booksellers across the country have chosen Emily St. Subscribe to the MPR News with Kerri Miller podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or RSS. To listen to the full conversation you can use the audio player above. John Mandel is the best-selling author of five novels, including “Station Eleven” and “The Glass Hotel.” In 2022, she released the best seller, “ Sea of Tranquility.” Her novel, “ Sea of Tranquility,” is a sequel of sorts to her hit 2014 book, “ Station Eleven.”Įmily St. In the meantime, enjoy this conversation between Miller and an author who wrote one of the most anticipated books of 2022, Emily St.
This Friday, on Big Books and Bold Ideas, MPR News host Kerri Miller will talk with Kapoor about her crime novel that has been described as “ dazzling,” with “ echoes of ‘The Godfather’.” Such is the case for the “ Age of Vice” by author Deepti Kapoor, one of the most anticipated books of 2023. Each year, there are a few new books that reduce readers to a frenzy before the words even arrive at the printing press.
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