It's 2031, and the U.S. Has 'Come Undone' in Emily St. John Mandel's 'Exit Party'

Talking To Emily St. John Mandel About Revision, Timeline Corruption, And Living Without A Floor

The first line of Emily St. John Mandel’s new novel Exit Party sets the tone of the whole book. She writes, “In the first spring after the collapse of the United States, the blossoming of the jacaranda trees felt to Ari like grace.” We have been dropped into yet another one of Mandel’s post-apocalyptic worlds, but, as with Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility, it retains a vivid glimmer of hope and life.  The book introduces Ari as our protagon…

Does Emily St. John Mandel Know What Happens After the United States Ends?

Emily St. John Mandel discusses her new novel Exit Party, political unrest, AI, reading, and finding hope in dystopian fiction.

It's 2031, and the U.S. has 'come undone' in Emily St. John Mandel's 'Exit Party'

Exit Party presents an arresting vision of a world in which time is porous and people are duplicated. Like Mandel's prior novels, it's ingenious, eerie and complex — and it hits close to home.

Emily St. John Mandel Is Desperately Seeking Joy at the End of the World

Emily St. John Mandel discusses her new novel, "Exit Party," its hopeful vision of a fractured America, and why speculative fiction can help readers imagine life.

Emily St. John Mandel on Finding Hope After the End

Given the choice, Emily St. John Mandel would rather be a party guest than a host. “I love the element of surprise and not knowing who you’re going to meet at a dinner party. If I plan it, I know exactly who’s coming—I’ve thought this through. But if I’m a guest, it could be anybody.” The author is in a particularly social mood as we’re speaking in advance of the release of her latest novel, Exit Party. Mandel remains best known for her novel St…