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

By Laura Wheatman Hill

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

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 …

The first line of Emily St. John Mandels new novel Exit Partysets the tone of the whole book. She writes, In the first spring after the collapse of the United States, the blossoming of the jacaranda … [+21930 chars]

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