Mandel, Emily St John

Emily St. John Mandel on Time Travel, Parenting and the Apocalypse

The novelist explains why we secretly long for different worlds, and how post-apocalyptic fiction quells our grief.

12 New Books Coming in April

Novels from Jennifer Egan and Emily St. John Mandel, poetry by Ocean Vuong and nonfiction from Elizabeth Alexander. Plus: Did jealousy conceal the true inventor of the motion picture?

Review: ‘Sea of Tranquility,’ by Emily St. John Mandel

In “Station Eleven,” she explored fallout from a pandemic. Now, in “Sea of Tranquility,” Mandel takes up existential questions of time and being.

18 New Works of Fiction to Read This Spring

New novels from Jennifer Egan, Ali Smith and Hernan Diaz; debuts from Aamina Ahmad and Jenny Tinghui Zhang; posthumous stories and a novel by Tove Ditlevsen; and plenty more.